As the national suicide rate remains near historically high levels, the need for population-level prevention is more critical ...

Ultimately, Harris hopes the research will help inform and sustain the implementation of SSPs in rural communities and in states where harm reduction services are less established. By documenting how ...

This annual educational seminar will be held at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab Kossiakoff Center in Laurel, Maryland. There are four concurrent tracks in the following topics: ...

When you wash your dishes or flush the toilet, all the waste disappears down the drain. But that’s just the start of its journey. From your home’s pipes, that waste and water flow into the sewers, ...

I am currently Director of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, a large interdisciplinary research unit that bridges the Schools of Medicine and Public Health at ...

The Department’s work in women’s, sexual and reproductive health (WSRH) is dedicated to dismantling barriers to care, advancing wellness, and impacting lives from local communities to the global arena ...

Once symptoms appear, the rabies survival rate is less than 1%—but prevention measures and quick post-exposure interventions ...

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger has acted on more than two dozen gun violence prevention bills that will soon become law in Virginia.

among girls by age 15 years was 21% in 2024, up from 16% in 2020. In the WHO African Region, which carries a disproportionate cervical cancer burden, first-dose coverage among girls by age 15 ...

Just a generation or so ago, tens of thousands of people in the U.S.—mainly children—were afflicted by paralytic poliovirus. In 1955, an inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), which contained a “killed” ...

For older adults nearing the end of life, having an advance directive documented in an electronic health record at least 6 months before death may be associated with care that is less intensive—and ...

Today, the Supreme Court defended public safety by upholding federal regulations on ghost guns, addressing the major issue of untraceable firearm use in violent crimes nationwide. Research shows state ...