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Gigi Gronvall, PhD, and Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM, briefed congressional members on the Department of Defense’s (DOD) response to the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security released a new report providing an ethical framework for making decisions about allocation and distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine during the initial period when such a vaccine has first been authorized for use and is still in limited supply.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and its partner, the National Public Radio (NPR), have released findings from a new survey on the state of the national coronavirus contact tracing workforce.

Dr. Caitlin Rivers provided testimony at a congressional hearing on public health considerations for reopening schools for in-person learning.

The Center for Health Security has released a new report describing concrete policy actions and reporting of data at the U.S. federal, state and local levels necessary to stem the rise of COVID-19 in the face of a resurgence that is stressing many sectors of society, from businesses to education to health care.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Texas State University, and the Working Group on Readying Populations for COVID-19 Vaccine released a new report providing recommendations to US policymakers and practitioners on how to advance public understanding of, access to, and acceptance of future vaccines that would protect against COVID-19.

Putting effective systems in place to reduce health and economic impacts is a challenge made considerably more difficult during a large disease outbreak.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health has released a new report assessing the promise and challenges posed by at-home diagnostic technologies for infectious diseases, especially for COVID-19 and influenza.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security has released a new report that provides recommendations for the U.S. government and states for performing serosurveys (antibody studies) for SARS-CoV-2 infections with the goal of deriving value from them in a national action plan.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Tuscany Strategy Consulting, and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation have released a new guide and accompanying self-assessment calculator designed to provide practical planning resources to help higher education institutions gauge how effectively they are addressing a range of COVID-19 scenarios.