Newsroom

After sub-Saharan Africa, Asia is now the world's most HIV/AIDS-affected region, with an estimated 7.2 million cumulative HIV infections by 2000. One-fifth of Asia's infections occurred in 1999 alone, more than half of these in Asians under the age of 25.

For young workers in the United States, common occupational injuries (excluding sprains and strains) do not appear to be strongly associated with alcohol dependence.

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health have found that in spite of improved efforts to control air pollution, pollution by microscopic particles continues to be associated with adverse health effects on the public-at-large.

A new study from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health shows that cigarette smoking increases a person's risk of using illegal drugs, which will eventually lead to a slew of entirely new consequences.