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Released: 12-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
New Report Highlights U.S. 2022 Gun-Related Deaths: Firearms Remain Leading Cause of Death for Children and Teens, and Disproportionately Affect People of Color
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions underscores the continuing epidemic of gun deaths in the U.S., including among children and especially among Black youth.

Released: 5-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Study Estimates Home Blood Pressure Devices Don’t Fit Properly for More than 17 Million U.S. Adults
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Over-the-counter blood pressure measuring devices offer a simple, affordable way for people to track hypertension at home, but the standard arm-size ranges for these devices won’t appropriately fit millions of U.S. consumers, according to a new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Released: 18-Jul-2024 11:00 AM EDT
More Than One-Third of Adults with Medical Debt and Depression or Anxiety Delayed Mental Health Care in Previous 12 Months
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Medical debt is significantly more prevalent among adults with depression or anxiety compared to adults without these mental disorders, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Among adults with depression or anxiety, those with medical debt were twice as likely to report having delayed or forgone mental health care in the previous 12 months compared to those without medical debt.

Released: 17-Jul-2024 11:50 AM EDT
Violence Prevention Researchers Release Toolkit Aimed at Establishing Violence Reduction Councils in Local Communities to Save Lives
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed a new toolkit to guide community efforts for violence prevention.

Released: 16-Jul-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Phil Anglewicz Named Director of the William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Philip Anglewicz, PhD, MA, has been named the director of the William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Anglewicz succeeds Jose “Oying” G. Rimon II, who is retiring after serving as the Institute’s director since 2014. Anglewicz assumed his new role July 1.

Released: 27-Jun-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Johns Hopkins experts available: U.S. Supreme Court EMTALA ruling and emergency abortions
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Experts from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are available for interviews to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Moyle v. United States.

Released: 27-Jun-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Johns Hopkins expert available: U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Purdue Pharma
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

An expert from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is available for interviews to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma.

Released: 24-Jun-2024 11:15 AM EDT
Analysis Suggests 2021 Texas Abortion Ban Resulted in Increase in Infant Deaths in State in Year After Law Went into Effect
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A study led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers estimates that infant deaths in Texas increased more than expected in the year following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion in early pregnancy, especially among infants with congenital anomalies.

Released: 4-Jun-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Bloomberg American Health Initiative Announces Eighth Cohort of Bloomberg Fellows
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health announces its eighth cohort of Bloomberg Fellows, comprised of 60 individuals from 47 collaborating organizations and 19 U.S. states and Washington, D.C.

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Released: 23-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Honors 1,273 New Graduates
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health recognized the Class of 2024 during its convocation ceremony on Wednesday, May 22, at the Homewood Field on Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus.

   
Released: 9-May-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Shruti Mehta, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, Named Chair of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Epidemiology Department
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Shruti Mehta, PhD, MPH, has been named The Dr. Charles Armstrong Chair in Epidemiology and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, effective June 1.

Released: 23-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Majority of Acute Care Hospitals Do Not Admit Representative Proportion of Black Medicare Patients in Their Local Market
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A study analyzing a large sample of Medicare admissions at nearly 2,000 acute care hospitals nationwide during 2019 found that most hospitals—nearly four out of five—admitted a significantly different proportion of Black fee-for-service Medicare patients age 65 and older compared to the proportion of the same group of patients admitted to any hospital in that hospital’s market area.



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