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- Narrower Traffic Lanes in Cities Could Help Lower Risk of Traffic Collisions https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/narrower-traffic-lanes-in-cities-could-help-lower-risk-of-traffic-related-collisions 3 comments
- Covid and the Heart: It Spares No One – Johns Hopkins https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/covid-and-the-heart-it-spares-no-one 153 comments
- Researchers have found that engaging in as little as 35 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per week, compared to zero minutes per week, was associated with a 41% lower risk of developing dementia over an average four-year follow-up period https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/small-amounts-of-moderate-to-vigorous-physical-activity-are-associated-with-big-reductions-in-dementia-risk 55 comments science
- More than half of calories consumed at home by US adults come from ultraprocessed foods. Ultraprocessed foods contain substances with little or no nutritional value, such as colorings, emulsifiers, artificial flavors, and sweeteners. They are linked to heart disease, obesity and colorectal cancer. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/ultraprocessed-foods-account-for-more-than-half-of-calories-consumed-at-home 285 comments science
- Guns Remain Leading Cause of Death for Children and Teens | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/guns-remain-leading-cause-of-death-for-children-and-teens 507 comments moderatepolitics
- Nearly One-Third of U.S. Adults Know Someone Who’s Died of Drug Overdose. Over one million Americans have died from drug overdoses since the late 1990s, including more than 100,000 per year in the last few years https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/nearly-one-third-of-us-adults-know-someone-whos-died-of-drug-overdose 170 comments science
- Wrist Device That Monitors Activity Could Help Provide Early Warning of Alzheimer’s https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/wrist-device-that-monitors-activity-could-help-provide-early-warning-of-alzheimers 2 comments science
- Study of US fatal and nonfatal shootings by police reveals racial disparities. Calls to police to check on the well-being of individuals were 74 percent more likely to be associated with fatal injury than police responses to an incident where shots had already been fired https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/study-of-fatal-and-nonfatal-shootings-by-police-reveals-racial-disparities-dispatch-risks 157 comments science
- Study in mice uncovers new protective benefit of breast milk: An immune component of breast milk known as the complement system shapes the gut microbiome environment of infant mice in ways that make them less susceptible to certain disease-causing bacteria. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/study-in-mice-uncovers-new-protective-benefit-of-breast-milk 4 comments science
- A new discovery of why Aedes aegypti mosquitoes do not succumb to dengue/ yellow fever/ Zika viruses when infected provides a strategy to shut down their defenses whenever they become infected, killing the mosquitoes and reducing the transmission of those viruses to humans. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/discovery-in-mosquitoes-could-lead-to-new-strategy-against-dengue-fever-and-other-mosquito-borne-viruses 7 comments science
- Study Finds Significant Increase in Firearm Assaults in States that Relaxed Conceal Carry Permit Restrictions https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/study-finds-significant-increase-in-firearm-assaults-in-states-that-relaxed-conceal-carry-permit-restrictions 43 comments science
- Long-Term Study Finds Cigarette Smoking Doubled Risk of Developing Heart Failure https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/long-term-study-finds-cigarette-smoking-doubled-risk-of-developing-heart-failure 113 comments science
- The estimated average rate of officer-involved shootings increased by 12.9 percent in 10 U.S. states that relaxed restrictions between 2014 and 2020 on civilians carrying concealed firearms in public, new study shows https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/study-finds-link-between-dropping-permit-requirement-for-carrying-concealed-weapons-and-increase-in-officer-involved-shootings-with-civilian-victims 101 comments science
- COVID and the Heart: It Spares No One | Johns Hopkins https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/covid-and-the-heart-it-spares-no-one 6 comments worldnews
- Individuals experiencing food insecurity in the U.S. during the first year of the pandemic were more than twice as likely to forego or delay medical care due to cost concerns compared to food-secure households, according to new study https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/food-insecurity-doubled-likelihood-of-foregoing-or-delaying-medical-care-during-first-year-of-covid-19-pandemic-in-us 47 comments science
- COVID and the Heart: It Spares No One. Research now tells us that COVID doesn’t discriminate when it comes to heart problems. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/covid-and-the-heart-it-spares-no-one 10 comments science
- Study reveals fourfold range in rates of mental health problems among US children based on relational and social risks. The findings are published as the US and other countries face a crisis in children’s mental health exacerbated by the pandemic. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/study-reveals-fourfold-range-in-rates-of-mental-health-problems-among-us-children-based-on-relational-and-social-risks 6 comments science
- The USA spends much more on health care than other developed countries on a per capita basis. The main reason is not greater health care utilization, but higher prices, according to a study by Johns Hopkins. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2019/us-health-care-spending-highest-among-developed-countries 149 comments nottheonion
- The USA spends much more on health care than other developed countries on a per capita basis. The main reason is not greater health care utilization, but higher prices, according to a study by Johns Hopkins. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2019/us-health-care-spending-highest-among-developed-countries 2987 comments science