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Johns Hopkins releases digital contact tracing report
Published May 26, 2020
Leading global experts offers clear guidance and recommendations on ethics, governance as digital technologies are developed to fight the coronavirus pandemic
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Q+A
The ethical challenges of digital contact tracing
Published May 26, 2020
Jeffrey Kahn, director of the Berman Institute of Bioethics, discusses the ethical considerations of using digital technologies for public health surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Q+A
The complex ethics of reopening America
Published May 26, 2020 Video
Bioethicist Justin Bernstein explores the many considerations that should factor into decisions about how and when to relax social distancing measures
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School of Nursing releases free training course for responding to pandemic
Published May 15, 2020
Course explores how nurses can respond to the challenges posed by low resources and high societal uncertainty in the wake of COVID-19
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COVID-19
Study: Pandemic sparks 74% drop in overall emotional well-being
Published May 13, 2020
People who felt knowledgeable about coronavirus at time of outbreak were more likely to report having a positive emotional state
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Nurses leading global COVID-19 response
Published May 13, 2020
Patricia Davidson discusses how the pandemic is highlighting work that nurses do during crisis situations and beyond
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Coronavirus
Pandemic poses key challenges for preventing child sexual abuse
Published May 13, 2020
Johns Hopkins center releases family resource pages, online course for people concerned about their own sexual feelings toward children
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Q+A
Asymptomatic spread makes COVID-19 hard to contain
Published May 12, 2020
Immunologist Gigi Gronvall discusses the challenges of tracing the spread of coronavirus, the importance of testing, and the dangerous appeal of "immunity passports"
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Strategies for shoring up U.S. drug supplies
Published May 12, 2020
Epidemiologist Caleb Alexander co-authors paper urging government officials, pharmaceutical stakeholders to take steps to protect U.S. drug supply chain
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Bloomberg School launches online contact tracing training course
Published May 11, 2020
The free course, developed with Bloomberg Philanthropies, is available via Coursera to anyone in the world beginning May 11