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

December 8: 2021 Global Health Security Index Finds All Countries Remain Dangerously Unprepared for Future Epidemic and Pandemic Threats

November 23: New Report: Waypoint on the Path to Health Equity: COVID-19 Vaccination at Month 11

November 3: New Local Research Reports Released on Improving COVID-19 Vaccination Equity for Black Communities in Virginia

October 29: New Report: Navigating the World that COVID-19 Made: A Strategy for Revamping the Pandemic Research and Development Preparedness and Response Ecosystem

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Media Coverage

CBS News: Pfizer booster shot eligibility could expand to all adults by end of the week [Video], feat Amesh Adalja, MD

Bloomberg: Vaccine Misinformation [Podcast], feat. Tara Kirk Sell, PhD

The New York Times: Can Covid Winter Be Merry and Bright? We Asked the Experts. [Opinion], feat. Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH

Tech & Learning: Should Teachers Get COVID-19 Booster Shots?, feat. Gigi Gronvall, PhD

The Baltimore Sun: Carroll County school board votes to send resolution to state requesting COVID mask mandate be rescinded, feat. Eric Toner, MD

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Newsletters

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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

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.

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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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