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coronavirus
COVID-19
The state of coronavirus vaccine development in the U.S.
Published Oct 7, 2020 Video
Virtual symposium cohosted by JHU and the University of Washington brought together leading experts from government, media, and academia
Hahrie Han
Social change
In youth we trust
Published Oct 6, 2020
Hahrie Han, inaugural director of the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins who specializes in the study of civic and political participation, collective action, and organizing, writes about her greatest hope for democracy
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SNF Agora Institute
Disinformation 2020
Published Oct 5, 2020
SNF Agora Institute explores how information can be manipulated and confused in the current political landscape as part of election conversation series
Artificial Intelligence
Q+A
What is intelligence?
Published Oct 5, 2020 Video
Neuroeconomist Daeyeol Lee discusses his new book and the development of artificial intelligence, asking 'Will AI ever surpass human intelligence?'
A man holds a soccer ball and a mask on a soccer field
Podcast
Sports safety and COVID-19
Published Sept 30, 2020
Health security expert and Olympian Tara Kirk Sell dives into the pros and cons of organized sports during a pandemic in recent episode of Public Health On Call podcast
Blood plasma bags
Commentary
A 'healthy debate' on convalescent plasma
Published Sept 24, 2020
Hopkins immunologist Arturo Casadevall explains the different federal responses to the COVID-19 treatment and why it's normal to lack consensus in science / The Wall Street Journal
illustration of a woman doing yoga while watching a virtual class on a laptop
COVID-19 hobbies
Published Fall 2020
We asked readers: How have you been keeping busy (and sane) while staying safer at home? / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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COVID-19
Why the suspended AstraZeneca trial is good news for vaccine safety
Published Sept 10, 2020
Emergency medicine specialist Lauren Sauer tells 'Bloomberg' that although the setback delays coronavirus vaccine development, the final product will be safer for the public / Bloomberg
Patients and nurses in a hospital intensive care unit
Q+A
Excess deaths show the true impact of COVID-19 in the U.S.
Published Sept 1, 2020
Epidemiologist Justin Lessler unpacks a recent CDC report on comorbidities and coronavirus deaths that is being misinterpreted on social media
Lisa Cooper
Health equity
The silver lining of COVID-19's dark clouds
Published Aug 25, 2020
Johns Hopkins expert in health disparities discusses how the coronavirus pandemic has shed light on the vulnerabilities of communities of color and the need to better protect everyone's health