News

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security regularly engages local, national, and international media for stories and commentary on timely, highly relevant issues in the health security field. Our expertise, projects, research, and events focus on:

Global Health Security
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Epidemics
Medical and Public Health Preparedness and Response
Deliberate Biological Threats
Opportunities and Risks in the Life Sciences

Center News

August 2: New peer-reviewed study documents operational challenges and lessons learned by US public health laboratories during the COVID-19 response

July 8: Group of Scientists, Public Health Experts, Policy Researchers Propose Strengthening of US Government’s Enhanced Potential Pandemic Pathogen Framework and Dual Use Research of Concern Policies

June 27: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Releases Findings of Study Examining Feasibility of Establishing a New, Nongovernmental Health Security Center in Asia

June 8: Center for Health Security Senior Scholar Dr. Gigi Gronvall Testifies at California State Legislature

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Media Coverage

WebMD: Evusheld for COVID: Lifesaving and Free, but Still Few Takers, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

The Washington Post: Biden COVID case highlights confusing CDC guidance on ending isolation, feat. Tom Inglesby, MD

NBC News: Inside The Government's Response To Monkeypox [Video], feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Vox: The smallpox vaccine stockpile isn’t the monkeypox solution we need — yet, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Wired: There’s a Monkeypox Testing Bottleneck, feat. Caitlin Rivers, PhD

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Newsletters

COVID-19

Updates on the emerging novel coronavirus from the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.

Community Health News and Resources for Researchers, Practitioners, and Policymakers in the United States (Community Health Monthly Roundup)

This monthly newsletter pulls together news and research updates on the COVID-19 vaccines in the US. These updates are not all-inclusive, but they provide a summary of major updates impacting the US vaccine landscape. It supports CommuniVax, a research coalition convened by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and the Texas State University Department of Anthropology and funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Health Security Headlines

Updates on the most important news, events, developments, research, and policy in the areas that comprise health security: biosecurity and biodefense, medicine and public health, science and technology, domestic preparedness and response, government affairs and national security, and 21st century threats. Available through free subscription. Learn more about Health Security Headlines.