Department of International Health faculty are collaborating with the WHO and colleagues in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia on two new projects investigating probiotic use in newborns and children in low- ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health today launched Hopkins Judicial Health Notes, a new tool that evaluates the health implications of critical court cases. The notes ...

A new report from the Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that life expectancy in the United States is, on average, 78.6 years versus 81.3 ...

Heart disease, overdoses, firearm violence, and motor vehicle crashes—in that order—are responsible for a 2.7-year difference in life expectancy in the U.S. compared with England and Wales, according ...

A new study from researchers in the Department of Health Policy and Management sheds light on the disparities between tax exemptions received by nonprofit hospitals and the benefits they provide to ...

Today the Bloomberg American Health Initiative announces new resources that build on the successful Celebrating Life Suicide Prevention Program of the White Mountain Apache Tribe in Arizona. The ...

Scott Zeger, PhD, MS, has been a part of the Bloomberg School of Public Health for 42 years. After receiving his undergraduate degree in mathematics and biology from University of Pennsylvania, he ...

The fluoride in our water has passively protected the oral health of Americans for decades by reducing cavities, tooth decay, and dental health disparities. So much so, that the CDC has declared ...

Almost everyone will get human papillomavirus (HPV) within their lifetime. While many types of HPV (there are more than 200) are symptomless and go away on their own, some can cause cancer.

In 2010, a coalition in Baltimore set an audacious goal: Make Baltimore’s Harbor swimmable and fishable by the year 2020. The tidal region of the Patapsco River, the Harbor has one of the deepest ...

Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women’s Heath & Gender Equity (CGWHGE) was pleased to support its inaugural cohort of Gender Equity/GBV Evidence Accelerator Fellowship scholars as they participated in ...