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In Memoriam: Diane Edmund Griffin, MD, PhD, 1940–2024

Diane Griffin, MD, PhD, a pioneering infectious-disease virologist, scientific leader, and Johns Hopkins professor, died Monday. She was 84.
31-Oct-2024 3:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Discovery Illuminates How Sleeping Sickness Parasite Outsmarts Immune Response

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health sheds light on how the blood-borne parasite that causes African sleeping sickness in humans and related diseases in cattle and other animals establishes long-term...
30-Oct-2024 12:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Study Details Misuse of Scientific Publications by Opioid Industry

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that makers and marketers of prescription opioid painkillers misused scientific evidence to advance five common and inaccurate claims about the safety and...
24-Oct-2024 11:25 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Joseph Amon, Epidemiologist and Human Rights Activist, Named Director of Bloomberg School's Center for Public Health and Human Rights

Joseph Amon, PhD, MSPH, has joined the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights. He assumed the role on October 15.
15-Oct-2024 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Wider Use of Convalescent Plasma Might Have Saved Thousands More Lives During Pandemic

A new study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimates that thousands of lives could have been saved during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic if convalescent plasma had been used more broadly, particularly...
3-Oct-2024 11:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

U.S. Nonprofit Hospitals Received More than $37 Billion in Total Tax Benefits in 2021

Nonprofit hospitals in the U.S. received $37.4 billion in tax benefits in 2021, according to a study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, and Texas Christian University.
26-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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

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.
12-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Study Estimates Home Blood Pressure Devices Don’t Fit Properly for More than 17 Million U.S. Adults

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...
5-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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