Review of hundreds of internal FDA documents obtained under FOIA finds FDA generally followed cautious and evidence-based ...

Keshia M. Pollack Porter, PhD ’06, MPH, an internationally recognized health policy scholar, trusted leader, and unwavering advocate for public health, became the 12th dean of the Bloomberg School on ...

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COVID-19 uncovered catastrophic weaknesses in the international community’s ability to respond to a pandemic, from inequities in vaccine and test distribution to insufficient international ...

As with any drug or medical product, when we decide to take a vaccine, we want to feel confident that its benefits outweigh any possible risks. Scientists and public health researchers take those ...

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 ...

One of the best tools for preventing severe complications from COVID infection is the prescription antiviral drug Paxlovid. But not nearly as many people who could benefit from it are being prescribed ...

Dire statistics about maternal health outcomes for Black women in America have become front-page news in recent years, in part because of the high-profile deaths of new mothers like CDC scientist ...

Since 1991, when the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended hepatitis B vaccination for all newborns, infections with hepatitis B virus in children and teens have decreased by 99%.

Shortcomings in the Baltimore region’s public transit system disproportionately affect low-income and minority neighborhoods, according to a new report from the Department of Environmental Health and ...

The U.S. is experiencing its sharpest decline in life expectancy in more than a century—since the eras of World War I and the Great Influenza. What happened? Until 2014 life expectancy at birth in the ...

Outbreaks of H5N1 continue to rise in dairy cattle and poultry, as well as in other wild and domesticated animals, including the first confirmed infection in a pig. Human cases also continue to occur, ...