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New study details gaps between actual and recommended use of statins and other lipid-lowering drugs—and estimates public ...
About the Podcast The Public Health On Call podcast makes important public health topics accessible to all through quick, informative conversations. Hosts tackle complex topics through engaging ...
History In 1967, Johns Hopkins received one of National Institute of Mental Health’s first grants specifically to establish a formal two-year Fellowship Program in Suicidology (the study of suicide).
Lethal means safety counseling gives health care clinicians the tools they need to: Determine if a person at risk for injury or death has access to lethal means, including firearms, sharp instruments, ...
Pneumonia continues to be the leading infectious cause of death for children under 5, responsible for millions of hospitalizations and hundreds of thousands of child deaths worldwide. Most of these ...
Bed nets have long been a cornerstone of vector control. Coated with insecticide, they serve a dual purpose: preventing bites and killing mosquitoes. But what if those nets could do more – not only ...
. Unsaturated fats, on the other hand, can have positive health effects when consumed in moderation as part of a balanced diet. According to Marklund, the health benefits of seed oils come mainly from ...
Public health and education experts from Johns Hopkins University, Kaiser Permanente, and Attendance Works have released a new public health framework for understanding and addressing chronic absence.
to change that with 25% or higher tariffs on imported drugs. The stated rationale is that tariffs would incentivize drugmakers to set up shop in the U.S., create more jobs, and improve national ...
of more than 9,000 children in seven LMICs across Africa and Asia found that RSV accounted for 31% of cases of severe pneumonia requiring hospitalization. Forthcoming results from a recent systematic ...
found that 1 in 31 8-year-old children was identified with autism across ADDM’s 16 sites. Here in Maryland, we found that 1 in 38 8-year-olds were identified with autism. Compared to 20 years ago, ...
Brian W. Simpson, MPH ’13, executive editor in Communications and Marketing at the Bloomberg School, explains why stories resonate with people and how you can draw on the power of storytelling in job ...