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Coronavirus
COVID-19 pandemic enters its most serious phase in U.S.
Published Nov 19, 2020
Amid record surges of the coronavirus, Johns Hopkins public health experts advise hunkering down to save lives in the months ahead
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Best Inventions
TIME honors Hopkins COVID-19 resource website
Published Nov 19, 2020
The university's Coronavirus Resource Center has become a leading source of centralized data on the COVID-19 pandemic, providing insights for government agencies, the media, and the general public
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Coronavirus
What are the different kinds of COVID-19 tests?
Published Nov 18, 2020
What are the different type of COVID-19 tests and how are they used? Yuka Manabe, a Johns Hopkins expert in infectious diseases and testing, offers a survey of the current coronavirus testing landscape.
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COVID-19
Bloomberg School contact tracing course tops 1M enrollees
Published Nov 17, 2020
More than 520,000 people have completed the free course that teaches the basics of a key tool in the fight against COVID-19
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Health
Home-visiting program shows promise of reducing risk of obesity
Published Nov 16, 2020
Lessons on healthy feeding practices delivered by Native American home visitors put Navajo infants on a healthier growth trajectory, lowering their risks for obesity, according to a study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health
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COVID-19
Insights into Pfizer's promising COVID-19 vaccine news
Published Nov 13, 2020
Public health expert Josh Sharfstein discusses what makes an RNA vaccine so special and why the announcement of an effective Pfizer vaccine is so important
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Holiday planning
How to make decisions about winter holiday gatherings amid COVID-19
Published Nov 13, 2020
What you—and your guests—need to consider before gathering for the winter holidays
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Antibody testing
New saliva-based antibody test for SARS-CoV-2 highly accurate in initial study
Published Nov 13, 2020
The test could prove useful for large-scale screening and epidemiological surveys and cuts down on reliance on blood draws
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Podcast
COVID-19 vaccines face logistical challenges, expert says
Published Nov 12, 2020
In latest episode of 'Public Health On Call,' bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel discusses the logistical and equity infrastructure needed to effectively roll out a U.S. coronavirus vaccine
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Q+A
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine reaches clinical milestone
Published Nov 11, 2020
Two experts from Johns Hopkins assess reports that a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has 90% efficacy in clinical trials