The Bloomberg School is committed to expanding the talent pool for the public health field and to nurturing interest in public health professions by students from underrepresented groups and diverse ...

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 ...

Analysis, thought to be one of the first published studies that captures both fatal and nonfatal injurious shootings by police nationally, also highlights risks of well-being checks A new study from ...

In honor of Black History Month, we asked some of our faculty to identify Black public health icons who influenced the work they do here at the Bloomberg School. From individuals renowned in history ...

A new national public opinion study found broad public support for policies that regulate civilian gun carrying—including carrying firearms in public--in the U.S. A new national public opinion study ...

*Students must be enrolled for a combination of at least 6 credits for the Summer Institute and the regular Summer term to be eligible for a loan disbursement for a Summer Institute enrollment.

Common questions about influenza and the annual flu vaccine get answers from experts in infectious diseases and public health policy. CR: Flu can spread through the air, which means being near someone ...

Gun Violence in the U.S. 2022: Examining the Burden Among Children and Teens ...

This week's MMI Thursday Seminar Function of the non-canonical inflammasomes during innate immune activation features Dr. Cornelius Taabazuing, PhD. Dr. Taabazuing is an Assistant Professor in the ...

The polio vaccine is a public health success so profound that few people in the U.S. even think about the disease the vaccine prevents. But before the vaccine was approved in 1955, polio was a widely ...

A new systematic review conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Virginia identified rotavirus as the leading cause of death from diarrhea ...

A new study published in December in JAMIA Open and led by Department of Health Policy researchers including Elham Hatef, MD, MPH, and Jonathan P. Weiner, DrPH, aims to address inequities in digital ...