A new study from researchers at JHSPH found that in several cities and counties the proportion of high-schoolers who have ever used heroin or misused prescription opioids is much higher than the national average.

A new risk calculator tool that uses a mix of variables including age, hypertension, and diabetes status can be used to predict accurately whether someone is likely to develop chronic kidney disease within five years.

Three research presentations will be given at the American Public Health Association's 2019 Meeting in Philadelphia.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is welcoming two new faculty as Bloomberg Professor of American Health Scholars, endowed positions supported by the Bloomberg American Health Initiative.

A suicide risk screening tool that Johns Hopkins Medicine implemented appears to provide an accurate gauge of which youth are most vulnerable and has identified more than 2,000 patients who might benefit from mental health treatment and resources.

Patients treated by health care professionals later excluded from the Medicare program for fraud and abuse were 14-17% more likely to die than similar patients treated by non-excluded physicians, nurses, and other professionals, according to a study.

A new Global Health Security Index released today suggests that not a single country in the world is fully prepared to handle an epidemic or pandemic.

Analysis of DNA from nearly half million people should speed efforts to develop gout screening tests, treatments

Fragmentation of physical activity—spreading daily activity across more episodes of brief activity—may be an earlier indicator of mortality risk than total amount of daily activity, according to a new study from scientists at JHSPH.