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Covid-19

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Q+A
Disinformation during a pandemic
Published May 8, 2020
Thomas Rid, SAIS faculty expert on cybersecurity and disinformation, discusses the efforts by foreign countries to influence the public's understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic
A car joins the parade
Parade honors health care heroes at Hopkins
Published May 8, 2020 Photos
A caravan of community members paraded through the streets surrounding the East Baltimore campus of Johns Hopkins Thursday in a rally to support health care workers
Gilman Hall
University operations
JHU planning for resumption of on-campus activities in 2020
Published May 8, 2020
Cross-divisional planning task force examines broad range of questions and scenarios related to COVID-19, seeks feedback from the Hopkins community
Father and son studying together
School of Education creates preK-12 educational resource for families, teachers
Published May 8, 2020
New website offers tools and guidance for navigating COVID-19-induced shifts in traditional schooling
Customers wait in line outside hardware store
Q+A
How states can promote compliance with social distancing
Published May 6, 2020
Mario Macis, an expert in behavioral economics, discusses the perceived tradeoff between economic activity and public health, and how states can promote social distancing
School of Public Health PhD student Brooke Jarrett
COVID-19
Pitching in with contact tracing
Published May 5, 2020
Volunteers from the Bloomberg School of Public Health are pitching in with contact tracing in Baltimore and the state of Maryland, while planning a new Coursera class
Elderly hands
Q+A
The impact of COVID-19 on older adults
Published May 5, 2020
COVID-19 poses a risk not only to the health of older adults who contract the disease but also to those without the health care resources and social structures that contribute to overall wellness
School desks
Q+A
How school closures for COVID-19 amplify inequality
Published May 4, 2020
Annette Anderson, an expert in educational equity at the School of Education, discusses the unequal impact of COVID-19's disruption to public schooling
Blue Angels fly over the Dome at the Johns Hopkins Hospital
Flyover pays tribute to health care workers
Published May 4, 2020
Aerial display by the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds over Baltimore and Washington pays tribute to those on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic response
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Saving lives while protecting freedoms in the age of COVID-19
Published May 4, 2020 Video
Political science scholars Yascha Mounk, Robert Lieberman, and Danielle Allen discuss the complexities of balancing public health and civil liberties in the midst of a pandemic