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Researchers identified research priorities for adolescent sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries.

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Patients who received Guided Care, a comprehensive form of primary care for older adults with chronic health problems, rated the quality of their care much higher than patients in regular primary care, and used less home care. Researchers also found that in a 32-month randomized controlled trial, Guided Care patients rated the quality of their care significantly higher than those in normal care.

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The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health was awarded a four-year, $5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to promote the effective use of oral cholera vaccine around the world.

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The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has received $28 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to continue and expand the Advance Family Planning advocacy initiative within the Bloomberg School’s Bill & Melinda Gates Institute on Population and Reproductive Health.

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New study finds only 44 percent of primary care physicians reported success in helping obese patients lose weight and many identified nutritionists and dietitians as the most qualified providers to care for obese patients.

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The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is now teaching more students than ever through its online Coursera courses. In the past four months, more than 222,000 students have enrolled in eight Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) offered by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health through Coursera.

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Efforts to reduce underage exposure to alcohol advertising by implementing time restrictions have not worked, according to new research from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Dutch Institute for Alcohol Policy. The report concluded that time restrictions on alcohol advertising actually increase teen exposure, because companies move the advertising to late night.

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The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) today announced its support for the goals of a lawsuit filed against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) challenging the agency’s authorization of a pollution trading scheme to clean up the Chesapeake Bay.

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Despite their diversity, U.S. nonprofits are in basic agreement that seven core values—being productive, effective, enriching, empowering, responsive, reliable, and caring—set the nonprofit sector apart from government and for-profit businesses, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies' Listening Post Project.

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The New York Academy of Sciences and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health present the conference “New Paradigms of Risk and Protection: Understanding the HIV Epidemics among Gay and Bisexual Men” on December 7, 2012. The Conference will explore how novel and more effective HIV prevention programs for men who have sex with men (MSM) could help to hamper epidemics, which are expanding in low, middle, and high income countries, among this population.

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After serving two decades as president of The Commonwealth Fund, Karen Davis, PhD, is returning to the John Hopkins community, where she previously chaired the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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First paper to examine changes in the method of suicide committed in the U.S. over the past decade.

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New study finds that many children may be at heightened risk for fire and scald burns by virtue of living in substandard housing.

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In the past three months, more than 175,000 students have enrolled in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) offered by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health through Coursera.

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A new report by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health examines policies and initiatives for reducing gun violence in the U.S. by reforming current gun policies. The report is a synthesis of prior research and analysis conducted by researchers with the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research.

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New center will focus on drug safety and effectiveness research, training, clinical care and public service.

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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have determined a new mechanism by which the mosquitoes’ immune system can respond with specificity to infections with various pathogens, including the parasite that causes malaria in humans, using one single gene. Unlike humans and other animals, insects do not make antibodies to target specific infections.

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New study finds certain types of school-wide behavior interventions significantly reduced children’s aggressive behaviors as well as improved problems with concentration and emotional regulation.

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The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is establishing a new research center dedicated to the prevention of child sexual abuse. The Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse will promote a public health approach to prevent child sexual abuse, which will include research, policy analysis and education. The Moore Center is believed to be the first academic research center focused on the prevention of child sexual abuse.

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New study finds regional density of livestock is an important risk factor for nasal carriage of livestock-associated MRSA for persons with and without direct contact with livestock.

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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Communication Programs (JHU∙CCP) a five-year, $108 million global health communication project to assist developing countries as they lead their own projects to promote healthier behaviors.

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New study finds African-American youths are over-exposed to alcohol advertising.

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New research finds the presence of chronic kidney disease itself can be a strong indicator of the risk of death and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) even in patients without hypertension or diabetes

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For the first time, a “how-to” report gives designers and architects strategies to promote active living AND maximize safety.

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Despite rapid adoption of dabigatran for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, a large proportion of patients did not receive oral anticoagulant therapy and an increasing proportion of use was for off-label indications.

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Between 2000 and 2008, the proportion of HIV-infected patients in the U.S. receiving effective treatment known as highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) increased, and HIV-infected patients appeared to be less infectious and have healthier immune systems at death.

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A new report examines the risk factors for injuries to U.S. military personnel from crashes involving highly mobile multipurpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWVs), more commonly known as Humvees. According to the study, involvement in combat and serving as the vehicle’s operator or gunner posed the greatest risk for injury. It is the first published analysis of factors associated with Humvee injury risk in a deployed setting.

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The content of alcohol ads placed in magazines is more likely to be in violation of industry guidelines if the ad appears in a magazine with sizable youth readership, according to a new study from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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On Friday, Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, wrote to Secretary Vilsack of USDA to express his disappointment with his agency’s recent retraction of Meatless Monday endorsement.

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Scientists have discovered another possible benefit of a night of restful and uninterrupted sleep. According to researchers, fragmented or interrupted sleep could predict future placement in a nursing home or assisted living facility.

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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute have genetically modified a bacterium commonly found in the mosquito’s midgut and found that the parasite that causes malaria in people does not survive in mosquitoes carrying the modified bacterium.

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Johns Hopkins University is establishing a new center aimed at improving and expanding the use of electronic health record systems, e-health and information technology.

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The XIX International AIDS Conference is coming to Washington, D.C., July 22-27. It is the first time in 22 years the conference will be held in the U.S.

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Sixty percent of persons incarcerated for gun crimes in the thirteen U.S. states with the most lax standards for legal firearm ownership were not legally prohibited from possessing firearms when they committed the crime that led to their incarceration. But 29 percent had criminal records or would have been too young to legally possess a firearm in states with the strictest standards for gun ownership.

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The racial and ethnic composition of a community is associated with the obesity risk of individuals living within the community, according to a study led by researchers at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The findings may help explain disparities in obesity rates among racial groups and point to some of the environmental factors that may contribute to obesity in the U.S.

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), will offer a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program in Jaipur, India, beginning in fall 2012. The Jaipur-based MPH program is specifically intended for citizens and residents of India and low- and middle-income countries in the region.

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health strategy and benchmarks for curbing childhood preventable deaths and recommend a new common vision for a global commitment to end all preventable child deaths.

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For the first time, researchers have determined the function of a series proteins within the mosquito that transduce a signal that enables the mosquito to fight off infection from the parasite that causes malaria in humans. Together, these proteins are known as immune deficiency (Imd) pathway signal transducing factors, are analogous to an electrical circuit. As each factor is switched on or off it triggers or inhibits the next, finally leading to the launch of an immune response against the malaria parasite.

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Study finds superinfection may be as common as initial HIV infection and is not limited to high risk-populations.

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A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit (JH-IIRU) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health outlines steps to address the implementation gap in low- and middle-income countries.

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New study finds that patients with poor mental health function may experience more communication challenges during physicians visits if accompanied by a loved one.

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May 31 marks the 25th anniversary of World No Tobacco Day, but does the day really inspire anyone to think about quitting smoking? Yes it does, according to a new study. Researchers monitored news promoting cessation and Internet search queries indicative of cessation for six years in seven Latin American nations. Cessation news coverage and Internet search queries for cessation peaked on World No Tobacco Day, increasing as much as 83 percent and 84 percent compared to a typical day, respectively.

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Reducing tuberculosis transmission in geographic “hotspots” where infections are highest could significantly reduce TB transmission on a broader scale, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. An analysis of data from Rio de Janeiro showed that a reduction in TB infections within three high-transmission hotspots could reduce citywide transmission by 9.8 percent over 5 years, and as much as 29 percent over 50 years.

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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found evidence of a role for neighborhood immunity in determining risk of dengue infection. While it is established that immunity can be an important factor in the large-scale distribution of disease, this study demonstrates that local variation at spatial scales of just a few hundred meters can significantly alter the risk of infection, even in a highly mobile and dense urban population with significant immunity.

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The recent dramatic increase in the fall death rate in older Americans is likely the effect of improved reporting quality, according to a new report. The report finds the largest increase in the mortality rate occurred immediately following the 1999 introduction of an update to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), suggesting a major change in the way deaths were classified.

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The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Alain Labrique, PhD, director of the Johns Hopkins University Global mHealth Initiative, will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, titled “mTIKKA - Harnessing a Mobile - Cloud System to Achieve Universal Vaccination.”

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Researchers examined the distribution of child deaths globally by cause and found that 64 percent were attributable to infectious causes and 40 percent occurred in neonates.

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Assessing glomerular filtration rate (GFR) using kidney filtration markers in blood is the standard means for determining kidney function, diagnosing kidney disease and measuring its progression. A new study suggests that the CKD-EPI equation for calculating GFR is a better predicator of risk for kidney disease and death compared to the most widely used method. The CKD-EPI equation for calculating GFR could focus efforts more efficiently, and improve assessment of patient future risk and treatment of kidney disease.

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Award-winning actor Sam Waterston is the recipient of the Goodermote Humanitarian Award from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for his longtime support of the plight of refugees around the world. Waterston will be presented with the award at a ceremony at the Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Md., on May 9.