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Creating a culture of cybersecurity

Published Nov 18, 2021

In advance of his book Confronting Cyber Risk, engineer Gregory Falco discusses how and why organizations should incorporate cybersecurity into everyday business and planning

Audiologist inserting hearing aid on a senior woman's ear, close-up.

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Hearing aid coverage could be 'transformational'

Published Nov 15, 2021

Expanding Medicare coverage to pay for hearing aids would improve the quality of life for millions of older Americans, says Nicholas Reed of the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health

Mother and daughter using digital tablet inside illuminated cozy hut

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Why the child tax credit matters

Published Nov 8, 2021

Economist and congressional adviser Robert Moffitt discusses how the American Rescue Plan's monthly allowance is lifting children out of poverty, cutting food insecurity, and investing in children as a society

COVID-19 briefing

Experts worry plateau in U.S. cases foretells winter spike

Published Nov 5, 2021

'There are some early signs that we're headed in the wrong direction,' Hopkins epidemiologist Jennifer Nuzzo says while stressing importance of vaccine uptake

Child wearing a mask while sitting in their mother's lap gets a COVID-19 vaccine

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COVID vaccines have been OK'd for kids. Now what?

Published Nov 4, 2021

Emergency use authorization for Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccine is unlikely to lead to widespread vaccinations among the nation's 28 million 5- to 11-year-olds, Hopkins vaccine expert William Moss says

Coronavirus vaccine vials in the shape of Africa

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As Africa goes unvaccinated, U.S. remains awash in shots

Published Nov 2, 2021

Johns Hopkins vaccine expert William Moss discusses inequities in the race to vaccinate the world against COVID-19 and why the U.S. and other wealthy nations should help poorer countries catch up

Arial view of a ship stacked with colorful shipping containers

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Supply chain issues spike shoppers' demands

Published Nov 1, 2021

A maxed-out, inflexible transportation system is to blame for higher prices and a lack of variety on store shelves, says Tinglong Dai of the Carey Business School