New study details gaps between actual and recommended use of statins and other lipid-lowering drugs—and estimates public ...

One of the striking features of the current measles outbreaks is the rate at which measles cases have been increasing. The rate at which measles cases have increased in 2025 is similar to the rate in ...

. Lyme disease is the most common, but there are a dozen or so lesser-known tickborne illnesses that are on the rise. In an April 28 episode of Public Health On Call, Nicole Baumgarth, DVM, PhD, spoke ...

, the government health insurance program that offers free or low-cost health care to adults and families with limited income, people with disabilities, pregnant people, and people in long-term care ...

In 1971, the FDA approved the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, which combined three vaccines that had been approved previously—in 1963, 1967, and 1969, respectively. The vaccine has proven safe ...

In two new papers, researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and colleagues estimate that abortion bans in 14 states resulted in 22,180 additional live births and 478 additional ...

seeks to address these gaps by offering a structured approach to assessing and improving equity in digital health care tools. The framework was designed as a comprehensive tool to help ...

With changes in presidential administrations come changes in myriad policies that can affect public health. Tom Burke, professor emeritus in Health Policy and Management, has seen this firsthand.

A new report from the Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that life expectancy in the United States is, on average, 78.6 years versus 81.3 ...

community water fluoridation one of the 20th century's greatest public health achievements. But recently, concerns about the safety of fluoride—a naturally occurring mineral in soil, water, and ...

so that it can be easily distributed in case of emergency. These stockpiles of H5N1 vaccines would still need some testing in large scale clinical trials before they could be considered for use in ...

We’re seeing outbreaks in the U.S. of vaccine-preventable diseases. What are the big stories here? We’ve done remarkably well in preventing vaccine-preventable diseases and in achieving high ...