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Virtual assistant
Chatbots battle COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
Published March 24, 2022
Researchers at Johns Hopkins had already been developing chatbots to combat vaccine misinformation when the coronavirus pandemic arrived, giving their work greater urgency
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COVID-19
Study: Children's antibody responses to COVID-19 are stronger than adults'
Published March 22, 2022
Findings differ from earlier reports of low antibody responses in children exposed to COVID-19 virus and suggest that even the youngest children may respond to vaccines if correct dose is determined
Poster for Paradise app
Artificial intelligence
Trouble in Paradise?
Published March 22, 2022
Immersive audio experience developed at Johns Hopkins brings cutting-edge storytelling to confront intimate partner abuse
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Public health
Study: Harassment of public health officials widespread during initial phase of COVID-19 pandemic
Published March 17, 2022
Among local and state public health officials who resigned or were fired during the first 11 months of the pandemic, more than a third reported incidents of harassment
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International health
Humanity under fire as Russia bombards Ukraine
Published March 16, 2022
As the war in Ukraine causes a massive humanitarian crisis, three Hopkins health care experts call out Vladimir Putin for illegally attacking civilians as well as health care facilities and workers
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COVID-19
How to approach the 'great unmasking'
Published March 14, 2022
As mask mandates lift across the country, public health experts offer insight on how to continue to protect vulnerable loved ones
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Perspective
Looking back on two years of the COVID-19 pandemic
Published March 11, 2022
From the earliest days of COVID-19's detection and spread in January 2020, Johns Hopkins has played a critical role both globally and locally, as a trusted and indispensable source of reliable data, public health expertise, community support, and compassionate health care delivery
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Environmental health
Researcher sheds light on the main source of a rare but destructive greenhouse gas
Published March 11, 2022
Environmental health and engineering PhD student Dylan Gaeta discusses his study linking the unregulated insecticide sulfuryl fluoride to a common fumigation practice in California
Ellen MacKenzie
Faculty honors
Ellen MacKenzie joins commission to envision a national public health system
Published March 4, 2022
The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a National Public Health System will identify key steps for strengthening U.S. public health infrastructure
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Public health
Defining harm reduction
Published Feb 25, 2022
Harm reduction aims to protect people using drugs by providing the support and resources they need