Latest news from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on Newswise en-us Copyright 2024 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/in-memoriam-diane-edmund-griffin-md-phd-1940-2024/?sc=rsin /articles/in-memoriam-diane-edmund-griffin-md-phd-1940-2024/?sc=rsin Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:45:07 EST Diane Griffin, MD, PhD, a pioneering infectious-disease virologist, scientific leader, and Johns Hopkins professor, died Monday. She was 84. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/discovery-illuminates-how-sleeping-sickness-parasite-outsmarts-immune-response/?sc=rsin /articles/discovery-illuminates-how-sleeping-sickness-parasite-outsmarts-immune-response/?sc=rsin Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:15:00 EST A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health sheds light on how the blood-borne parasite that causes African sleeping sickness in humans and related diseases in cattle and other animals establishes long-term infections in hosts. Using a mouse model, the researchers showed thatTrypanosoma brucei essentially plays a game of hide-and-seek by setting up shop in its hosts' tissues, allowing it to constantly change its protective surface coat and evade antibodies. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/cdc-reports-on-teen-screen-time-and-bullying-incidents-johns-hopkins-experts-available/?sc=rsin /articles/cdc-reports-on-teen-screen-time-and-bullying-incidents-johns-hopkins-experts-available/?sc=rsin Mon, 28 Oct 2024 07:30:32 EST Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/study-details-misuse-of-scientific-publications-by-opioid-industry/?sc=rsin /articles/study-details-misuse-of-scientific-publications-by-opioid-industry/?sc=rsin Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:25:57 EST A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that makers and marketers of prescription opioid painkillers misused scientific evidence to advance five common and inaccurate claims about the safety and effectiveness of prescription opioids--including that they were not addictive. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/joseph-amon-epidemiologist-and-human-rights-activist-named-director-of-bloomberg-school-s-center-for-public-health-and-human-rights/?sc=rsin /articles/joseph-amon-epidemiologist-and-human-rights-activist-named-director-of-bloomberg-school-s-center-for-public-health-and-human-rights/?sc=rsin Tue, 15 Oct 2024 08:00:27 EST Joseph Amon, PhD, MSPH, has joined the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights. He assumed the role on October 15. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/world-mental-health-day-experts-available/?sc=rsin /articles/world-mental-health-day-experts-available/?sc=rsin Mon, 07 Oct 2024 14:05:57 EST Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/wider-use-of-convalescent-plasma-might-have-saved-thousands-more-lives-during-pandemic/?sc=rsin /articles/wider-use-of-convalescent-plasma-might-have-saved-thousands-more-lives-during-pandemic/?sc=rsin Thu, 03 Oct 2024 11:30:39 EST A new study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimates that thousands of lives could have been saved during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic if convalescent plasma had been used more broadly, particularly in outpatients at high risk for severe disease and in hospitalized patients during their first few days of admission. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/media-briefing-flu-season-covid-mpox-avian-flu-and-parvovirus-tackling-the-spread-seeking-protection/?sc=rsin /articles/media-briefing-flu-season-covid-mpox-avian-flu-and-parvovirus-tackling-the-spread-seeking-protection/?sc=rsin Tue, 01 Oct 2024 07:05:43 EST Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/u-s-nonprofit-hospitals-received-more-than-37-billion-in-total-tax-benefits-in-2021/?sc=rsin /articles/u-s-nonprofit-hospitals-received-more-than-37-billion-in-total-tax-benefits-in-2021/?sc=rsin Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:05:23 EST Nonprofit hospitals in the U.S. received $37.4 billion in tax benefits in 2021, according to a study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, and Texas Christian University. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/expert-briefing-flu-season-covid-mpox-avian-flu-and-parvovirus/?sc=rsin /articles/expert-briefing-flu-season-covid-mpox-avian-flu-and-parvovirus/?sc=rsin Tue, 24 Sep 2024 08:05:49 EST Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/new-report-highlights-u-s-2022-gun-related-deaths-firearms-remain-leading-cause-of-death-for-children-and-teens-and-disproportionately-affect-people-of-color/?sc=rsin /articles/new-report-highlights-u-s-2022-gun-related-deaths-firearms-remain-leading-cause-of-death-for-children-and-teens-and-disproportionately-affect-people-of-color/?sc=rsin Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:05:54 EST A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions underscores the continuing epidemic of gun deaths in the U.S., including among children and especially among Black youth. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/study-estimates-home-blood-pressure-devices-don-t-fit-properly-for-more-than-17-million-u-s-adults/?sc=rsin /articles/study-estimates-home-blood-pressure-devices-don-t-fit-properly-for-more-than-17-million-u-s-adults/?sc=rsin Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:05:17 EST Over-the-counter blood pressure measuring devices offer a simple, affordable way for people to track hypertension at home, but the standard arm-size ranges for these devices won't appropriately fit millions of U.S. consumers, according to a new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/world-mosquito-day-dengue-malaria-johns-hopkins-experts-available/?sc=rsin /articles/world-mosquito-day-dengue-malaria-johns-hopkins-experts-available/?sc=rsin Wed, 14 Aug 2024 08:05:52 EST Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/cdc-report-on-walking-for-leisure-and-transportation-expert-available/?sc=rsin /articles/cdc-report-on-walking-for-leisure-and-transportation-expert-available/?sc=rsin Wed, 31 Jul 2024 09:05:57 EST Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/more-than-one-third-of-adults-with-medical-debt-and-depression-or-anxiety-delayed-mental-health-care-in-previous-12-months/?sc=rsin /articles/more-than-one-third-of-adults-with-medical-debt-and-depression-or-anxiety-delayed-mental-health-care-in-previous-12-months/?sc=rsin Thu, 18 Jul 2024 11:00:51 EST Medical debt is significantly more prevalent among adults with depression or anxiety compared to adults without these mental disorders, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Among adults with depression or anxiety, those with medical debt were twice as likely to report having delayed or forgone mental health care in the previous 12 months compared to those without medical debt. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/violence-prevention-researchers-release-toolkit-aimed-at-establishing-violence-reduction-councils-in-local-communities-to-save-lives/?sc=rsin /articles/violence-prevention-researchers-release-toolkit-aimed-at-establishing-violence-reduction-councils-in-local-communities-to-save-lives/?sc=rsin Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:50:20 EST Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed a new toolkit to guide community efforts for violence prevention. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/phil-anglewicz-named-director-of-the-william-h-gates-sr-institute-for-population-and-reproductive-health/?sc=rsin /articles/phil-anglewicz-named-director-of-the-william-h-gates-sr-institute-for-population-and-reproductive-health/?sc=rsin Tue, 16 Jul 2024 08:00:04 EST Philip Anglewicz, PhD, MA, has been named the director of the William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Anglewicz succeeds Jose "Oying" G. Rimon II, who is retiring after serving as the Institute's director since 2014. Anglewicz assumed his new role July 1. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/u-s-supreme-court-emtala-ruling-and-emergency-abortions-johns-hopkins-experts-available/?sc=rsin /articles/u-s-supreme-court-emtala-ruling-and-emergency-abortions-johns-hopkins-experts-available/?sc=rsin Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:05:37 EST Experts from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are available for interviews to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Moyle v. United States. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/johns-hopkins-expert-available-u-s-supreme-court-ruling-on-purdue-pharma/?sc=rsin /articles/johns-hopkins-expert-available-u-s-supreme-court-ruling-on-purdue-pharma/?sc=rsin Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:05:08 EST An expert from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is available for interviews to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health /articles/analysis-suggests-2021-texas-abortion-ban-resulted-in-increase-in-infant-deaths-in-state-in-year-after-law-went-into-effect/?sc=rsin /articles/analysis-suggests-2021-texas-abortion-ban-resulted-in-increase-in-infant-deaths-in-state-in-year-after-law-went-into-effect/?sc=rsin Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:15:17 EST A study led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers estimates that infant deaths in Texas increased more than expected in the year following the state's 2021 ban on abortion in early pregnancy, especially among infants with congenital anomalies. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health