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Side effects and COVID-19 vaccines: What to expect

Published Dec 18, 2020

It's totally normal to experience side effects from COVID-19 vaccines. Here's what you need to know.

Johns Hopkins receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine

Published Dec 15, 2020

Vaccination of health care personnel will begin Wednesday and will follow a prioritization plan developed in accordance with state, federal guidance

Health care workers intubate a patient in the ICU

Risk calculator

Online COVID-19 mortality risk calculator could help determine who should get vaccines first

Published Dec 11, 2020

Calculator developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins factors in pre-existing health conditions and sociodemographic and environmental factors to determine individual and community-level risk

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The business of delivering a pandemic vaccine

Published Dec 4, 2020

'COVID-19 vaccination will present one of the greatest logistics challenges in human history,' says Tinglong Dai, an expert in health care industry operations management and business analytics

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When will pregnant women benefit from a COVID-19 vaccine?

Published Dec 1, 2020

The hopes raised by the rapid development of vaccines don't yet extend to pregnant women, but their safety and needs must be considered during vaccine distribution, experts say

Coronavirus

Boosting diversity in COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials

Published Nov 30, 2020

From the pandemic's earliest days, the coronavirus hit hardest in Black, Latinx, and Native American communities. Work is needed to ensure the vaccine will be effective for all.

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Could COVID-19 vaccines become mandatory in the U.S.?

Published Nov 20, 2020

While there is legislative precedent for vaccine mandates, legal and public health expert Joanne Rosen says other strategies could help U.S. states achieve widespread vaccination for COVID-19