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Policy briefing
Prescription drug shortages force tough treatment decisions
Published June 5, 2023 Video
Hopkins experts discuss current shortages in chemotherapy drugs, antibiotics, and other critical medicines—and how to overcome them
Coronavirus Resource Center data showing over 1 million COVID-19 deaths
As COVID-19 emergency ends, Hopkins experts wary about next time
Published May 11, 2023 Video
Several emergency declarations have ended, but panelists at Wednesday's virtual briefing agree that the pandemic isn't over, even as its severity has waned
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Health Policy Forum
Lujan Grisham champions power of policy during JHU talk
Published May 9, 2023 Video
New Mexico governor urges students to lean into public health policy to 'create a sea change for the country'
Rexford Ahima
Faculty honors
Rexford Ahima elected to American Academy
Published April 27, 2023
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor among 269 scholars selected for membership in one of the nation's oldest learned societies
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Medicine
Walking a leashed dog associated with risk of traumatic brain injury
Published April 26, 2023
Finger fracture, traumatic brain injury, and shoulder sprain or strain among common injuries related to leash-dependent dog walking
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Public health
Chronic health conditions may be severely undertreated in U.S. prisons
Published April 19, 2023
Analysis by experts at the Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests conditions go untreated among incarcerated people compared to general public
Jack Iwashyna
Jack Iwashyna joins JHU as Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Published April 5, 2023
Iwashyna blends acute care expertise with health services research to better understand how an array of factors affect a patient's life course
Narcan
Opioid crisis
OTC Narcan: A big win for public health
Published April 3, 2023
Public health experts from Johns Hopkins share their insights on the FDA's approval of over-the-counter Narcan, which puts the lifesaving medicine in everyone's reach
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Fact or fiction?
Experts take on top food myths
Published Spring 2023
Navigating today's conflicting nutrition advice can be confusing. Johns Hopkins Magazine turned to a panel of Hopkins experts for the truth—the science-backed, evidence-based, fact-checked truth—behind some common food myths. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Autism
CDC report: Autism rate rises among 8-year-olds
Published March 27, 2023
Data from 11 U.S. sites, including one at Hopkins, shows overall prevalence at 1 in 36 in 2020, up from 1 in 44 two years earlier