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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

September 23: New Report: Mental Health and Social Support for Healthcare and Hospital Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

September 15: New Local Research Reports Released on Carrying Equity in COVID-19 Vaccination Forward

August 24: Applications Now Open for Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Educational Opportunities for 2022-2023 Academic Year

August 18: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Senior Scholar Caitlin Rivers Seconded to the CDC to Help Establish the Center for Epidemic Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics

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Media Coverage

CNBC: Only a small percentage of Americans can get boosters now. Here’s why — and what it means for you, feat. Gigi Gronvall, PhD

Reuters: U.S. FDA clears Pfizer COVID-19 booster dose for older and at-risk Americans, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD

Vox: Florida’s mysterious Covid-19 surge, feat. Eric Toner, MD

Becker's Hospital Review: What Johns Hopkins employee survey reveals about pandemic's mental health challenges, feat. a report by the Center of Health Security

The Hill: Time for Congress to make a down payment to prevent future pandemic tragedies [Opinion], written by Anita Cicero, JD

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Clinicians' Biosecurity News

Bi-weekly update on clinical issues relevant to biosecurity and health security, available online and for e-mail delivery. Learn more about the CBN newsletter or visit the CBN website.

COVID-19

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

COVID-19 Vaccine Development, Policy, and Public Perception in the United States (CommuniVax Weekly Roundup)

This weekly 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

Daily update on important developments in health security, covering topics such as 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.

Preparedness Pulsepoints

A weekly update on USG action in readiness and response that highlights Congressional and agency activity—pending legislation, rulemaking, upcoming hearings, and other policy developments—in 4 key topic areas: public health emergency preparedness and response, homeland security and domestic preparedness, radiological and nuclear disaster preparedness, and science and technology policy. Available through free subscription. Learn more about Preparedness Pulsepoints.

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Outbreak Observatory

Outbreak Observatory aims to collect information on challenges and solutions associated with outbreak response and share it broadly with the public health preparedness and response communities to allow others to learn from these experiences in order to improve global outbreak response capabilities.

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