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May 09, 2024

Shruti Mehta, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, Named Chair of Epidemiology Department

Established in 1919, the Department is one of the world’s oldest and largest epidemiology programs.

April 23, 2024

Majority of Acute Care Hospitals Do Not Admit Representative Proportion of Black Medicare Patients in Their Local Market

Health Equity

Medicine

The analysis suggests racial sorting in U.S. hospital admissions exists independent of neighborhood demographics.

April 09, 2024

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Again Ranked #1 by Peers in U.S. News & World Report

The School has held the #1 spot since the rankings began in 1994. The School has also been named by peers as a leader in five specialty areas within public health also rated this year.

March 27, 2024

Filters and Digital Health Program Reduced Participants' Arsenic Levels by Nearly Half in American Indian Households Relying on Well Water

Cancer

Health Equity

Noncommunicable Diseases

Researchers found that in addition to reduced arsenic levels measured in urine tests, households reported significant increases in the use of filtered water for drinking and cooking.

Featured

Bloomberg American Health Initiative

The Bloomberg American Health Summit on Dec. 3 will spotlight ways to advance public health amid political division.

Read the release.

Today

Jennifer Richards discusses the importance of Indigenous doulas after centuries of discrimination.

Read the article.

Scripps News

Amesh Adalja discusses what public health policies might look like under Donald Trump's new administration.

Watch the interview.

In the News

New Orleans Public Radio

November 22, 2024

In Birmingham, Black men’s groups work to save young men from the cycle of gun violence

Silvia Villarreal is quoted.

Economic Times Healthworld

November 21, 2024

'Bridging the knowledge vs access gap in nutrition and health equity'

Judd Walson is quoted.

MedPage Today

November 21, 2024

Flooding May Be the Climate Health Hazard of Our Time, Report Suggests

Mary Fox is quoted.

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