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21CC Webinar: Moving to Opportunity

Two HPC Associates, Stefanie DeLuca and Craig Pollack, will speak at the webinar on Moving to Opportunity, Housing Mobility, andHealth in Baltimore and Beyond, 5:30-6:30 pm 11/12.

How to combat ‘COVID fatigue’: Medical experts on what works — and doesn’t

Stuart

In this environment, public health officials are warning of “COVID fatigue” as the coronavirus pandemic has stretched on for seven months.Elizabeth Stuart is quoted. 

Living for the City: Women’s Health in 21st Century Baltimore

Alexander

21CC invites you to Join a panel of distinguished experts as they parse the pandemic’s impact, reckon with the future of reproductive rights, and examine the effects of environmental racism […]

Arresting sex workers helps no one

Sherman

Arresting sex workers as a mean of stopping sex trafficking does not create a trusting relationship where people who are trafficked feel safe to come forward. Rather, it further destabilizes […]

Covid-19 Vaccines Are Chance at Salvation, Financial and Beyond, for Drug Makers

Bishai

Drug maker companies are blamed for gouging prices on lifesaving drugs and enriching themselves through the opioid crisis, among other sins. Now, with pharmaceutical companies racing to find vaccines to […]

POOR FAMILIES MOVE OFTEN BUT RARELY ESCAPE CONCENTRATED POVERTY

DeLuca

JHU-HUB: Unforeseen crises force families living in poverty to move to the safest, most convenient locations rather than to places with more opportunities and less segregation, new research finds. Sociologist […]

Novavax Enters Final Stage of Coronavirus Vaccine Trials

Bishai

The Maryland company, which has never brought a vaccine to market, has started its Phase 3 trial in the United Kingdom, with plans to begin in the United States in […]

Tips for managing mental health during COVID-19

Stuart

How does isolation affect mental health? What are some strategies we can use to find community during a lockdown?Elizabeth Stuart is quoted.

Johns Hopkins researchers question controversial study linking Sturgis rally to COVID-19 spike

Stuart

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are raising doubts about a study that estimated that a massive motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, last month led to more than 260,000 new […]

How to Read That Damning Sturgis Motorcycle Rally ‘Superspreader’ Study Like a Scientist

Stuart

A week-long rally attended by half a million motorcycle enthusiasts last month in Sturgis, South Dakota could have eventually led to an extra 250,000 cases of covid-19, according to new […]