Beth Blauer

Jun 19, 2024 | thebaltimorebanner.com | Joshua M. Sharfstein |Beth Blauer

Soaring overdose rates. Front page stories. Baltimore getting a national reputation as a a city succumbing to heroin. It was the year 2000, and the city took action. A new mayor, Martin O’Malley, made state funding to expand drug treatment his top legislative priority. A health commissioner, Peter Beilenson, who had identified barriers to drug treatment by posing as a person in need, fiercely advocated for more resources.

Jun 15, 2023 | eurosurveillance.org | Beth Blauer |John S. Brownstein |Lauren Gardner |Moritz Kraemer

AbstractDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, open-access platforms that aggregate, link and analyse data were transformative for global public health surveillance. This perspective explores the work of three of these platforms: Our World In Data (OWID), Johns Hopkins University (JHU) COVID-19 Dashboard (later complemented by the Coronavirus Resource Center), and Global.Health, which were presented in the second World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence Innovation Forum.

Apr 30, 2023 | nytimes.com | Beth Blauer |Lauren Gardner |Sheri Lewis |Lainie Rutkow

Guest EssayApril 30, 2023, 6:00 a.m. ETCredit...Antoine d'Agata/Magnum PhotosSend any friend a storyAs a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. By Beth Blauer, Lauren Gardner, Sheri Lewis and Lainie RutkowThe authors helped lead the effort to build the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. Sign up for the Opinion Today newsletter  Get expert analysis of the news and a guide to the big ideas shaping the world every weekday morning.