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

Newsy
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Does Predictive Policing Technology Reduce Gun-Related Crime?

ShotSpotter is a predictive policing technology that can detect the location of a gunshot. Now it's being rapidly adopted by police departments across the U.S. to help curb gun-related violence and crime. The question, however, is how effective that technology is.

Kaiser Health News
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How Much Health Insurers Pay for Almost Everything Is About to Go Public

Consumers, employers, and just about everyone else interested in health care prices will soon get an unprecedented look at what insurers pay for care, perhaps helping answer a question that has long dogged those who buy insurance: Are we getting the best deal we can?
 

FiveThirtyEight
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Even Exceptions To Abortion Bans Pit A Mother’s Life Against Doctors’ Fears

With the end of Roe v. Wade’s abortion protections, there are now millions of Americans who won’t be able to get an abortion if they want one. Although for some who are seeking abortion because of the way a pregnancy is affecting their health, it shouldn’t be a problem, thanks to exceptions for the life of the mother that are common, even in the strictest abortion bans. But the medical professionals, legal experts and researchers say those exceptions are usually vague, creating an environment where patients have to meet some unspoken and arbitrary criteria to get treatment.
 

Roll Call
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Public health experts warn monkeypox response is too little, too late

Lawmakers and administration officials have spent much of the past few years talking about "the next pandemic" and what the country will do when it comes. But now that monkeypox is spreading exponentially throughout the United States, public health officials agree on one thing — the government didn't move fast enough.
 

Forbes
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FDA Advisory Panel Endorses Omicron-Specific Covid Boosters—Here’s When You Should Get Your Next Shot

An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended the agency push to field new COVID-19 booster shots targeting the highly contagious omicron variant, a move some hope will offer a boost in the fight against the rapidly evolving coronavirus—but the most vulnerable populations shouldn’t wait till the fall to get an updated shot, experts say.
 

The Guardian
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US bans Juul but young vapers are already switching to newer products

The US effectively banned Juul after the FDA ordered the e-cigarette maker to remove its popular products from the marketplace. Experts have hailed the move as significant. But they are also concerned that such efforts are failing to keep up with a fast-moving vaping industry – one where young people leap quickly from one product to another.