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A teen girl shows off her vaccine
COVID-19
An expert look at back-to-school vaccinations for teens and kids
Published Aug 19, 2021
As the new school year approaches, vaccine expert Kawsar Talaat and education policy expert Odis Johnson Jr. discuss the benefits of vaccine mandates for school-age kids
Map illustrates how frequently states report COVID-19 data each week
Data visualization
Many states abandon daily reporting of COVID data
Published Aug 17, 2021
Despite new COVID-19 cases exceeding 900,000 last week, 36 states do not update their pandemic data every day, causing significant data gaps for public health agencies and officials
Disposable surgical mask
Q+A
The present and future of masking
Published Aug 16, 2021
Periodic mask-wearing is here to stay, but basic risk assessment skills can help us weigh the pros and cons of ever-changing conditions
Mom and daughter holding hands
Parenting
Back-to-school in the new normal
Published Aug 3, 2021 Video
It's time for families to start inching toward a return to social interactions and school routines to keep anxiety at bay
3D heart image
Biomedical engineering
New tool predicts sudden death in inflammatory heart disease
Published Aug 2, 2021
Johns Hopkins method outperforms previous approaches for assessing risk in cardiac sarcoidosis
Four masked people stand outside a mobile vaccination clinic
Community
Destination: Vaccination
Published July 30, 2021
Every Thursday, Johns Hopkins teams up with the Baltimore City Health Department and the city's chapter of the NAACP to offer free COVID-19 vaccinations to Baltimoreans
Tara Kirk Sell
Profile
From Olympic swimmer to pandemic responder
Published July 29, 2021 Video
Silver-medal swimmer Tara Kirk Sell now wages a battle against both COVID-19 spread and the misinformation surrounding the virus
Metastasizing tumor cells
Cancer research
Startup founders from Johns Hopkins aim to stop spread of cancer
Published July 28, 2021
AbMeta Therapeutics, launched by biologist and Provost Denis Wirtz, bioengineer Jamie Spangler, and clinician Elizabeth Jaffee, will combine years of pioneering research to create new drugs that target metastasis
A pond
Environment
An expert look at natural resource management
Published July 23, 2021
In special feature published in 'PNAS,' Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Paul Ferraro demonstrates how sound science can help communities better manage finite resources
Joanna Zeiger
Pain management
Cannabis and athletes
Published July 20, 2021
Epidemiologist and former Olympic triathlete Joanna Zeiger is breaking barriers in cannabis research for pain and recovery treatment.