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School of Public Health
Medicare program spent $1.8 billion in 2019 on drugs without confirmed clinical benefits
Published Aug 25, 2022
A study, published in May, found some drugs approved by the FDA's "accelerated approval" program were available on the market for years without having verified clinical benefits
Inaugural Johns Hopkins Vivien Thomas Scholars cohort
Hopkins welcomes first Vivien Thomas Scholars
Published Aug 18, 2022
20 scholars join the university this fall to pursue PhDs as part of a new $150M initiative to address historic underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and math fields
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Endemic COVID
What does the new CDC guidance tell us about the COVID-19 pandemic?
Published Aug 15, 2022
Johns Hopkins epidemiologist David Dowdy says the guidance update brings the CDC in line with the habits of Americans and suggests we're closer to a new, endemic phase of COVID-19
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Experts weigh in
Experts discuss monkeypox transmission, vaccines
Published Aug 11, 2022
During a media briefing Wednesday, experts share insights about how monkeypox spreads, how to avoid the virus, and what vaccine strategies are most effective
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Voices
How concerned do we need to be about monkeypox?
Published Aug 5, 2022
Johns Hopkins experts weigh in on whether the U.S. is ready for the possibility of twin pandemics
Donald Warne
Acclaimed Indigenous health researcher Donald Warne joins Bloomberg School
Published Aug 3, 2022
He will serve as co-director of the Center for American Indian Health and as the school's Provost Fellow for Indigenous Policy
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Public health
Ending the HIV epidemic
Published Aug 1, 2022
Experts from Johns Hopkins and advocacy groups publish a special journal issue dedicated to the issue of HIV prevention through pre-exposure prophylaxis
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Essay
A father's wish, a bioethicist's dilemma
Published July 25, 2022
A JHU faculty member recounts the agonizing decision he had to make for a parent unable to communicate with the world
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Artificial Intelligence
Sepsis-detection AI has the potential to prevent thousands of deaths
Published July 21, 2022
A new system identifies patients at risk for sepsis to aid in the prevention of the illness, which is often difficult to detect and is one of the world's leading causes of death
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Q+A
Omicron update: The summer of subvariants
Published July 19, 2022
With five versions of omicron circulating, vaccines are working against severe disease, not against infection. Virologist Andy Pekosz tells us what to expect this summer and beyond.