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In the News highlights media coverage featuring the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

The Atlantic
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Now What?

Cases of COVID-19 are rising fast. Vaccine uptake has plateaued. The pandemic will end—but the way there is different now.

Caitlin Rivers is quoted. 

TODAY
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COVID-19 vaccine cards, the only 'proof' of vaccination, create demand for fakes

Three vaccines developed to prevent COVID-19 infections received emergency use authorization earlier this year, allowing nearly half the U.S. population to be fully vaccinated against the virus. But while much of the population remains skeptical of vaccination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working to fully approve, or license, the three vaccines.

Associated Press
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Iowa mothers urge reversal of state mask mandate prohibition

A group of Iowa mothers of young school-age children held a rally and sit-in at the Iowa Capitol on Wednesday pushing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds to issue an executive order reversing a state law that prohibits school boards from implementing mask requirements in schools.

Voice of America
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How Does FDA Approve Vaccines?

Americans who don’t want to get the shot, but want the privilege of showing a card may be tempted to get a fake.

NPR
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How To Keep Your Child Safe From The Delta Variant

The CDC's advice for keeping your child protected from this highly contagious version of the coronavirus now and this fall: Mask up in schools and other crowded venues. And make sure everyone age 12 and older in the family gets a COVID-19 shot.  

The Wall Street Journal
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Schools Reopen to Mask Confusion

Schools are reopening just as the rise of the more contagious Delta variant shifts the fight against Covid-19. Masks are back on top of the policy agenda. And confusion reigns.