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Covid-19 vaccine

Masked school kids work at their desks
Data tracking
Tracker finds widespread discrepancies in school COVID-19 policies
Published Nov 22, 2021
Variation occurs not only between states but also within states as individual districts adopt policies at odds with state guidelines
A masked woman on a bus
COVID-19
Another COVID-19 winter?
Published Nov 19, 2021
The U.S. appears to be on the brink of a winter surge in COVID-19 cases, but Johns Hopkins experts offer hope that this winter will be better than the last
Beth Blauer jumping for joy over kid's covid vaccine
Coronavirus
COVID-19 experts' kids get the vax
Published Nov 11, 2021
Masked smiles, happy dances, and jumps for joy were tweeted out by JHU researchers, epidemiologists, and clinicians to capture the moment their young children got their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine
Brian Garibaldi and Jennifer Nuzzo
COVID-19 briefing
Experts worry plateau in U.S. cases foretells winter spike
Published Nov 5, 2021
'There are some early signs that we're headed in the wrong direction,' Hopkins epidemiologist Jennifer Nuzzo says while stressing importance of vaccine uptake
Child wearing a mask while sitting in their mother's lap gets a COVID-19 vaccine
Q+A
COVID vaccines have been OK'd for kids. Now what?
Published Nov 4, 2021
Emergency use authorization for Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccine is unlikely to lead to widespread vaccinations among the nation's 28 million 5- to 11-year-olds, Hopkins vaccine expert William Moss says
Coronavirus vaccine vials in the shape of Africa
Q+A
As Africa goes unvaccinated, U.S. remains awash in shots
Published Nov 2, 2021
Johns Hopkins vaccine expert William Moss discusses inequities in the race to vaccinate the world against COVID-19 and why the U.S. and other wealthy nations should help poorer countries catch up
A child's arm with a bandaid after receiving a vaccine
Q+A
COVID-19 vaccines for kids
Published Oct 26, 2021
Johns Hopkins public health experts weigh in on the safety and efficacy of shots for school-age children
Beth Blauer and William Moss
Coronavirus
COVID-19 this week: Booster shots and U.S. strategies
Published Oct 15, 2021
Johns Hopkins experts Beth Blauer and William Moss discuss booster shots, global vaccine supply strategies, data collection issues
Three blue bandages on a blue background
Coronavirus
Better protection for transplant recipients
Published Sept 22, 2021
Will the COVID-19 vaccines protect transplant patients and others with compromised immune systems? That question has led Dorry Segev on a quest to protect those most vulnerable during the pandemic
COVID-19 vaccine vial
Q+A
Pfizer moves toward booster approval, vaccine for children
Published Sept 22, 2021
FDA, CDC expected to finalize decisions about Pfizer booster doses in same week the company announced that studies of its vaccine for children show promising results