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COVID-19
Data visualization shows impact of state policy decisions
Published June 25, 2020
New charts available via Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center provide insights into the impact of stay-at-home and re-opening orders, could help shape future policy decisions
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Community health
School of Nursing takes community health online
Published June 25, 2020 Video
School of Nursing's Center for Community Innovation and Scholarship partners with Israel Baptist Church to host their first virtual health fair
Lindsay Thompson
Q+A
COVID-19's 'moral stress' affects health care workers
Published June 23, 2020
Lindsay Thompson, an expert in law and ethics, discusses the crushing pressures health care workers have faced during the COVID-19 epidemic
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Q+A
Even amid social distancing, 'vicarious learning' can work
Published June 18, 2020
Whether professionally or personally, humans learn from each others' life experiences all the time. How do we continue doing that during COVID-19?
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Pandemic response
COVID-19: Six months in
Published June 18, 2020
Johns Hopkins experts take stock of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the challenges that lie ahead
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Q+A
Why COVID-19 poses greater risks for men
Published June 17, 2020
Johns Hopkins biologist Sabra Klein discusses why men tend to be affected more severely and require hospitalization from COVID-19
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COVID-19
This is not a drill
Published Summer 2020 Video
For decades, scientists and researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security have warned of the catastrophic impact of a pandemic. Now they're using their expertise to help lessen the impact of one. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Losing touch
Published Summer 2020
Hopkins physician Sapna Kudchadkar details the physical and emotional toll of COVID-19, a disease she fought at home and on the front lines / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Nan Zhang
Risk/Reward
AN EYE FOR THE NEXT BIG THING
Published Summer 2020
Nan Zhang asks, "Why can't we shop in a new way that allows you to purchase directly with what you already own and save money from bypassing resale?" / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Policing+Community
A focused approach to policing could reduce gun violence
Published June 15, 2020
Survey of residents in areas of Baltimore most affected by gun violence finds that "stop-and-search" policing isn't effective, erodes community trust in police; New report outlines recommendations