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A child with Down syndrome
Perspective
Reflections on a Down syndrome clinical trial
Published April 6, 2021
The abrupt discontinuation of a clinical trial of a potential Down syndrome therapy shocked parents and researchers, who saw the promise of the drug. What happened?
A doctor and patient meet virtually
Public health
Telehealth consults increased more than 50-fold among certain populations during early phase of pandemic
Published April 1, 2021
Mental health consults led the way; patients in COVID-19 hot spots, younger patients, urban patients, and patients with two or more chronic conditions were more likely to use telehealth
Prescription bottles
Health policy
Study investigates effects of drug coupons and vouchers
Published March 30, 2021
Believed to be the largest study of its kind, it finds that only a slim portion of pharmaceuticals are covered by coupons and vouchers, and the offsets are not targeted to patients who likely need them most
Illustration of a robot arm
Q+A
Ready for duty
Published March 30, 2021 Video
Robots helped hospitals confront the coronavirus pandemic. What lessons are engineers taking with them as they think about the next generation of health care robots?
Illustration of an unamused person, a vaccine syringe, and scribbles
Commentary
Pausing AstraZeneca vaccinations in Europe a 'tragic' decision
Published March 26, 2021
Bill Moss, director of International Vaccine Access Center, discusses the fallout of the decision of several European countries to pause AstraZeneca vaccinations
Vaccination
Coronavirus
Snapshot of COVID-19 vaccine intentions highlights challenges of achieving community immunity goals
Published March 25, 2021
Survey fielded in late November and early December suggests half of Americans were either hesitant or unlikely to get vaccinated; findings continue to inform where there's more work to do
White pills spill out of prescription bottle
Johns Hopkins University helps launch digital trove of opioid industry documents
Published March 24, 2021
The Opioid Industry Documents Archive, co-managed by the University of California, San Francisco, is a public archive of 3,300 documents disclosed as part of recent legal judgments
Johnny Matheny
Prosthetics
Amputee makes music with Modular Prosthetic Limb
Published March 24, 2021 Video
The milestone demonstrates the functional benefit of the technology for those who have lost limbs, while study findings indicate users gain mastery over the technology the more they use it
Map with covid-virus particles as location markers
Data map
Predicting a COVID-19 outbreak? There's an app for that.
Published March 24, 2021
More than 19,000 users in every U.S. state have contributed outbreak tracking data to the COVID Control app, which launched last year
Daniel Polsky
Commentary
Health care consolidation poses hazards to health system goals
Published March 23, 2021
In 'New England Journal of Medicine,' Bloomberg Distinguished Professor calls for greater transparency in health care industry to protect doctors and patients alike / New England Journal of Medicine