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Adolescents

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Mental Health
Some video games may help mental health of children, teens
Published Sept 26, 2024
Can gamified interventions help fight the youth mental health crisis? A new report from Johns Hopkins researchers says yes
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Q+A
Why some schools are banning cell phones
Published Sept 23, 2024
Hopkins experts explain the research and weigh in on the controversial policies
A group of weed leaves with a crumpled paper as a profile of a youth
Brain science
Marijuana and the teenage brain
Published Oct 31, 2023
Researchers found that high levels of THC in adolescent mice caused brain immune cell changes linked to increased risk of psychiatric disorders and learning problems
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Education
Hopkins joins national effort to address K-12 learning loss
Published May 10, 2023
JHU among a group of 26 universities answering a call from the Biden administration to help close achievement gaps heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic
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Education
Johns Hopkins, national partners tackle academic success and well-being for students
Published July 5, 2022
National Partnership for Student Success, with U.S. Department of Education and AmeriCorps, will help students recover from impact of COVID-19 pandemic
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Mental health
A pandemic test of teenage resilience
Published March 30, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided some eye-opening lessons on how to improve teen wellbeing and there are reasons to be hopeful for the future, Johns Hopkins experts say
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Q+A
How COVID-19 affects adolescents
Published May 11, 2020
Faculty experts from the Johns Hopkins Center for Adolescent Health discuss the challenges faced by adolescents during the coronavirus pandemic
Child receives a vaccination shot
Why parents refuse the HPV vaccine
Published Oct 24, 2018
Study suggests less than half of eligible recipients complete vaccine series, with perceived safety concerns the most common reason parents opt to not vaccinate