Review of hundreds of internal FDA documents obtained under FOIA finds FDA generally followed cautious and evidence-based ...

Universal firearm injury and violence prevention counseling of parents and patients has been recommended by multiple national organizations for over a decade, yet clinicians rarely deliver this ...

Two people are standing in line at the grocery store. One has a cart full of instant ramen, hot dogs, ice cream, and soda, and the other has a cart full of whole grain bread, breakfast cereal, creamy ...

Since 1991, when the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended hepatitis B vaccination for all newborns, infections with hepatitis B virus in children and teens have decreased by 99%.

Following decades of development, the United States’ first mRNA vaccines hit the market in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, saving millions of lives and allowing the nation to adeptly ...

An apartment in the Weingart Tower, a permanent supportive housing development in Los Angeles for people experiencing homelessness. June 19, 2024. Photo by Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles ...

Chemical plants and factories line the roads and suburbs of the area known as Cancer Alley. October 15, 2013. Giles Clarke/Getty Images On an 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River between New ...

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The vast majority of vector-borne diseases in the U.S. are caused by ticks and the viruses, bacteria, and parasites they carry. Baumgarth, a professor in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health contributed to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report examining autism among children who turned 4 and 8 years old ...

According to the study, by 2034, the number of U.S. adults aged 65 and older will, for the first time in history, exceed the of children under age 18, leading to an unprecedented demand for LTSS. LTSS ...

A recent study led by researchers in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society (HBS) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health analyzes the latest marketing trends for oral nicotine ...