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Health

Q+A

Will COVID-19 resurge in the fall?

Published June 29, 2021

Infectious disease modelers explore how COVID-19 could play out in the next six months

Pregnancy

Higher selenium and manganese levels during pregnancy may protect babies from future high blood pressure

Published June 29, 2021

Manganese may also protect against the hypertensive effect of the heavy metal cadmium

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Vaccine tracking

Global policies on COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy vary widely by country according to new online tracker

Published June 28, 2021

Johns Hopkins project provides worldwide snapshot of policies influencing access to COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant and lactating people

A woman with an oxygen tank is vaccinated for COVID-19

Vaccination

Health disparities and the racial burden of COVID-19

Published June 25, 2021

With new evidence suggesting Black and Hispanic populations were disproportionately affected by the pandemic, experts weigh in on the importance of vaccination and addressing health disparities

Manufacturer's rendering of Aduhelm packaging

Q+A

Insights on FDA's controversial approval of Alzheimer's drug

Published June 21, 2021

Supriya Munshaw, an expert in drug commercialization, discusses what factors went into the FDA approval of aducanumab, a drug known by the brand name Aduhelm

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Opinion

Data disarray damages COVID-19 response, expert says

Published June 17, 2021

Standardizing demographic data reporting practices across the U.S. should be a national priority to confront the current and future pandemics, according to Hopkins expert Beth Blauer

COVID-19 treatment

Drop in convalescent plasma use linked to excess deaths

Published June 16, 2021

Study suggests the declining use of the COVID-19 therapy at U.S. hospitals from November 2020 to February 2021 may have led to more than 29,000 excess COVID-19 deaths