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Politics+Society

Opioid pills on background with coronaviruses

Opioids

A crisis within a crisis

Published Dec 14, 2020

More than 40 states have reported increased opioid deaths since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Will the Purdue Pharma settlement help right the ship?

A little girl in a mask practices addition on a school whiteboard

COVID-19

Johns Hopkins learning modules teach best practices for reducing COVID-19 risks during in-person learning

Published Dec 14, 2020

The seven-module series is designed to help U.S. school and district officials develop and assess plans for in-person K-12 instruction

Health care workers intubate a patient in the ICU

Risk calculator

Online COVID-19 mortality risk calculator could help determine who should get vaccines first

Published Dec 11, 2020

Calculator developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins factors in pre-existing health conditions and sociodemographic and environmental factors to determine individual and community-level risk

Hospital staff in personal protective equipment and masks transport a patient to the ICU

Public health

A moment of truth for public health in America

Published Dec 10, 2020

Gathering Anthony Fauci and other leading public health figures, the Bloomberg American Health Summit examines COVID-19's far-ranging impact on U.S. health challenges

Small businesses

A closer look at the Paycheck Protection Program

Published Dec 9, 2020

Nagpurnanand Prabhala, an expert in corporate finance, examines the flaws and advantages of how the small business loan program was administered and its effects on company value

Q+A

The path forward for legal medical mushrooms

Published Dec 2, 2020

Johns Hopkins researcher Matthew Johnson discusses the future for psychedelics research in light of Oregon's measure to legalize psilocybin for clinical use

Building a network in Kathmandu

Published Winter 2020

Two JHU alums are involved in a pro bono initiative to lead professional development workshops for women lawyers in Nepal / Johns Hopkins Magazine

COVID-19

Could COVID-19 vaccines become mandatory in the U.S.?

Published Nov 20, 2020

While there is legislative precedent for vaccine mandates, legal and public health expert Joanne Rosen says other strategies could help U.S. states achieve widespread vaccination for COVID-19