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AAAS 2020 Fellows Announced

Stuart

Elizabeth A. Stuart, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: For highly influential contributions to development and application of causal inference methods, for excellence in teaching and mentoring, and for […]

Bad Financial Decisions May Be Early Sign of Dementia

Financial problems may be an early warning of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Those with dementia were more likely to have […]

What are your chances of dying from COVID? This calculator gives you a hint

Chatterjee

Studies and statistics alike have shown that people over 65 and those with underlying health conditions face the highest risks of dying from COVID-19 compared to the rest of the […]

Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Risk Calculator May Improve Vaccine Distribution

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MedicalResearch.comJohns Hopkins COVID-19 Risk Calculator May Improve Vaccine DistributionUnderstanding risk at individual and community level may lead saving lives through development of more targeted strategies for prevention and better adherence […]

Here’s how the eviction crisis could increase the spread of Covid in the US

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CNBC.comHere’s how the eviction crisis could increase the spread of Covid in the USWith the national eviction ban set to expire in weeks, CNBC spoke to the researchers about why […]

How Parents Can Help Children of the Pandemic Cope

Stuart

The stressors we’re all facing reach beyond fear of getting sick from COVID-19, and kids are no different. The toll the disease has taken on the economy, housing, food security […]

JHU Discovery 2020 Awards to HPC Associates

Congratulations to the HPC Associates who received the Discovery 2020 awards! Addressing the Double Disparity: Food Insecurity among People with Disabilities– Bonnielin Swenor (Medicine), Laura Samuel (Nursing), Sarah Szanton (Nursing), […]

Fact check: Studies show COVID-19 lockdowns have saved lives

Stuart

As many states enter a new wave of more stringent measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, users on social media have been sharing posts that question the purpose of […]

Harford taps Johns Hopkins professor Dr. David Bishai as its new county health officer

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The Baltimore SunHarford taps Johns Hopkins professor Dr. David Bishai as its new county health officerDavid Bishai, a professor at Johns Hopkins University and a specialist in public health, is […]

HPC Data Hub Release 3

The HPC Data Hub is pleased to announce Release 3 (see a brief description below, a complete description at https://popcenter.jhu.edu/data-hub/ , and the data files at https://github.com/QFL2020/COVID_DataHub ). This county-level […]