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Politics+Society

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Why the U.S. health system needs redesign

Published March 8, 2024

Hopkins Nursing policy expert Vincent Guilamo-Ramos makes the case for a nurse-led approach to health care that focuses on prevention and equity

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Technology+Society

How to measure the health of online communities

Published March 6, 2024

Being dominated by one group or ideology is the hallmark of an unhealthy online space, Hopkins experts say

Gun violence

What the conviction of a school shooter's parent could mean

Published March 1, 2024

Recent conviction of Michigan mother underscores role of safe storage and Child Access Protection laws in preventing gun violence, Hopkins expert says

Punchbowl News senior congressional reporter Andrew Desiderio, Punchbowl founder and CEO Anna Palmer, and Sens. and Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.)

Tech policy

AI regulation necessary to address potential risks, key senators say

Published Feb 29, 2024

Sens. Mark Warner and Todd Young advocate for artificial intelligence policies during Hopkins Bloomberg Center discussion while Hopkins experts caution against stifling innovation

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Education

A 'tsunami' of chronic absenteeism

Published Feb 29, 2024

Since the pandemic, the percentage of students missing about one month of class time per year has more than doubled, Johns Hopkins researchers say

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Voices

Two years after invasion, stakes in Ukraine could not be higher

Published Feb 28, 2024

SAIS scholars share insights on the state of the current conflict and what's at stake as support for Ukraine's cause wavers in the U.S. and elsewhere around the globe

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A closer look at Alabama's IVF ruling

Published Feb 27, 2024

The ruling that frozen embryos are children could set the stage for a national fetal personhood law, but restricting IVF is generally unpopular, Hopkins bioethicist Ruth Faden says