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

About the Podcast The Public Health On Call podcast makes important public health topics accessible to all through quick, informative conversations. Hosts tackle complex topics through engaging ...

. Unsaturated fats, on the other hand, can have positive health effects when consumed in moderation as part of a balanced diet. According to Marklund, the health benefits of seed oils come mainly from ...

History In 1967, Johns Hopkins received one of National Institute of Mental Health’s first grants specifically to establish a formal two-year Fellowship Program in Suicidology (the study of suicide).

of more than 9,000 children in seven LMICs across Africa and Asia found that RSV accounted for 31% of cases of severe pneumonia requiring hospitalization. Forthcoming results from a recent systematic ...

Fridays, 10:30 a.m. - Noon EDT Students can complete the sign-in form between 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. on Fridays. The biostatistician experts running the clinic that Friday will send an MS Teams note to ...

to change that with 25% or higher tariffs on imported drugs. The stated rationale is that tariffs would incentivize drugmakers to set up shop in the U.S., create more jobs, and improve national ...

Lethal means safety counseling gives health care clinicians the tools they need to: Determine if a person at risk for injury or death has access to lethal means, including firearms, sharp instruments, ...

Researchers analyzed survey responses from more than 500,000 responses across 1,438 ZIP codes in Pennsylvania, collected between September 2020 and June 2022 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Adults ...

Pneumonia continues to be the leading infectious cause of death for children under 5, responsible for millions of hospitalizations and hundreds of thousands of child deaths worldwide. Most of these ...

found that 1 in 31 8-year-old children was identified with autism across ADDM’s 16 sites. Here in Maryland, we found that 1 in 38 8-year-olds were identified with autism. Compared to 20 years ago, ...

contains indicator data for 194 countries. PERCH: Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health The PERCH study is a case-control study led by IVAC, active in 7 countries between 2011–2014, to ...