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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

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

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

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

Jan McDonnell, Wilmer Director Peter J. McDonnell, Wilmer Board of Governors’ Chair Sanford Greenberg, Sue Greenberg and Dean of the Medical Faculty/CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine Paul B. Rothman

Wilmer Eye Institute establishes the Sanford and Susan Greenberg Center to End Blindness

Published Oct 14, 2021

The new center will initially create four professorships for young scientists, providing a stable source of funding to cover their salaries and many other expenses for up to seven years to get their careers—and potentially transformative research—off the ground.