As the U.S. population ages, ensuring access to mental health care for older adults is crucial. Yet, for many enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, finding a mental health provider remains a challenge ...

Three Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health professors have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, along ...

The research so far—including one of the largest studies yet on the topic—suggests that Tylenol use during pregnancy does not cause autism. But conflicting study results and recent rhetoric ...

As we prepare for a new school year, an increasing number of children may be vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases, including measles, pertussis, polio, and more. New data reported by the Centers ...

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Gun-related suicides in the U.S. reached record highs in 2023, even as gun homicides continued to decline from their pandemic-era peak, according to a new report from the Center for Gun Violence ...

The vast majority of vector-borne diseases in the U.S. are caused by ticks and the viruses, bacteria, and parasites they carry. Baumgarth, a professor in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and ...

According to the study, by 2034, the number of U.S. adults aged 65 and older will, for the first time in history, exceed the of children under age 18, leading to an unprecedented demand for LTSS. LTSS ...

Most Americans are used to being advised by their doctor when they should get a vaccine, how many doses, and at what age. Less familiar, perhaps, is the group of experts who help the CDC make those ...

Since the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade, some states have imposed severe restrictions on access to abortion, effectively forcing pregnant people to continue unwanted or ...

The U.S. has one of the lowest tuberculosis incidence rates in the world. So when there are outbreaks of this bacterial infection, like the one reported last month in Kansas, they get our attention.

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