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Politics+Society

Public Health

Who should be trained to use naloxone?

Published March 27, 2018

The people who witness the most overdoses—and are best positioned to prevent and reverse them—tend to be drug users themselves

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Film

Being 7 in Baltimore

Published March 26, 2018

'7 in the City' project, which received Idea Lab funding in 2017, will premiere 12 short documentaries and a related web project in May

Gun policy

The case for funding firearm research

Published March 20, 2018

As gun policy debate rages, scientists say funding for research is critical / Wired

Race in America

Public health crises in Puerto Rico

Published March 19, 2018

March 27 panel discussion will examine island's public health needs following devastation caused by Hurricane Maria

Foreign Affairs Symposium

Four takeaways from Samantha Power's talk

Published March 14, 2018

Former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. discusses current political climate, addresses issue raised by student protesters

An all-seeing eye in the sky is a computer

Computer, P.I.

Published Spring 2018

If computers could analyze the contexts and relationships of photographs, videos, audio, text documents, and internet activity, they could become digital detectives / Johns Hopkins Magazine

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History

Medicine and race

Published Spring 2018

Hopkins alum's new book examines racist medical ideas about blackness that were used to justify slavery and still influence medical disparities today / Johns Hopkins Magazine

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DISINFORMATION

Hope in the era of election meddling

Published Spring 2018

Social media sites are ideal platforms for disinformation campaigns, but there's a growing trend to combat fake news: digital forensics / Johns Hopkins Magazine