Join us during International Open Access Week 2026 for a conversation about what it really takes to build and sustain open-access publishing. Hear from editors of three global health journals ...

Excessive alcohol use accounts for over 178,000 deaths annually, and is a risk factor for firearm suicide and homicide. Alcohol pricing strategies are considered CDC ‘best buys’ for reducing ...

Dr. Chizoba Wonodi is an Associate Scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Nigeria country director at the school’s International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC). She ...

Nurses are exposed to all forms of physical and psychological health and safety risks, including biological hazards, chemical exposure, overuse injury, physical assault, psychosocial environment, and ...

Washington has officially become the latest state to enact a permit-to-purchase law, also known as Firearm Purchaser Licensing. Thirteen states and Washington, D.C. have passed some form of Firearm ...

What if a vaccine could reduce your chances of heart attack, stroke, or dementia, and even save you money? It turns out: those vaccines already exist. Researchers are learning that vaccines against ...

Shortcomings in the Baltimore region’s public transit system disproportionately affect low-income and minority neighborhoods, according to a new report from the Department of Environmental Health and ...

The CDC also reports estimates of both medical and non-medical exemptions to vaccination requirements. While medical exemptions remained stable at 0.2% in 2024-25, non-medical exemptions reached an ...

In August, Meta Platforms, Inc.—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—settled a multistate lawsuit over claims that the company violated consumer protection laws and engaged in deceptive ...

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions found that, overall, Baltimore’s Safe Streets violence prevention program is associated with a 42% reduction in ...

The U.S. has reported more than 1,600 cases of measles to date in 2025, the largest number of cases since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. Effectively responding to a measles outbreak ...

In the four decades since the HIV epidemic exploded, more than 40 million people have died from the virus. HIV continues to be a major threat to public health, with over 38.4 million people living ...