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Audiologist inserting hearing aid on a senior woman's ear, close-up.
Q+A
Hearing aid coverage could be 'transformational'
Published Nov 15, 2021
Expanding Medicare coverage to pay for hearing aids would improve the quality of life for millions of older Americans, says Nicholas Reed of the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health
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
Students with protective masks sitting in school desks in their classroom.
Johns Hopkins Children's Center to study COVID-19 safety in schools
Published Nov 11, 2021
Experts to research families' perceptions of public health recommendations regarding COVID-19
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
Brian Garibaldi and Jennifer Nuzzo
COVID-19
U.S. cases, deaths decline, but vigilance still needed
Published Oct 22, 2021
531,000 cases reported this week represents a 13.2% decline from last week, marking the lowest average daily case count since late July
Psychedelic mushrooms in colorful light
Psychedelics
Hopkins gets first NIH grant in 50 years for psychedelic treatment research
Published Oct 20, 2021
The nearly $4 million NIH grant will fund a multisite study of the effects of "magic mushrooms" and talk therapy on quitting smoking
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