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Health Disparities
Public Health
Higher bar for health care
Published Fall 2021
Reviewing Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity Lisa Cooper's 'Why Are Health Disparities Everyone's Problem?' / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Lisa Cooper
Lisa Cooper named to presidential advisory council
Published Sept 22, 2021
Cooper, a health disparities researcher at the schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health, among experts appointed to President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Ashani Weeraratna
Q+A
Diversity in the fight against cancer
Published Sept 22, 2021
Age, race, sex—new National Cancer Advisory Board member Ashani Weeraratna says we need to consider diversity to find a cure
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
U.S. data map reflecting school reopening plans by state
Education
Experts: Schools need better data to assess risks
Published Sept 20, 2021
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center aims to provide vital, localized views of the pandemic to help school leaders make difficult decisions
Ashani Weeraratna and Nilofer Azad
Two Hopkins scientists named to National Cancer Advisory Board
Published Sept 16, 2021
Ashi Weeraratna, Nilo Azad among seven selected to advise National Cancer Institute director on activities of the national cancer program
Vaccine needles in a basket
Coronavirus
The bioethics of boosters
Published Sept 15, 2021
Ethicist Ruth Faden urges wealthy nations to exercise restraint with COVID-19 vaccine boosters until more people around the world get their first doses
U.S. map showing states that report COVID-19 deaths categorized by age
Data visualization
Demographic data tools tell story of COVID-19's U.S. impact
Published Sept 14, 2021
The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center now collects, tracks, and displays data on race, gender, age, and ethnicity across cases, deaths, tests, and vaccinations
Space Camp visit for Inspiration4 in Huntsville, Alabama, July 1, 2021
Q+A
And spaceflight for all
Published Sept 13, 2021
The School of Medicine's Mark Shelhamer discusses SpaceX's upcoming all-civilian Inspiration4 mission and its importance for broadening human access to space
Data from covidbehaviors.org
Global health
New dashboard sheds light on COVID vaccine hesitancy
Published Sept 13, 2021
Interactive tool created with survey data collected from more than 12 million people from 115 countries and analyzed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs