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Child development
Gender stereotypes begin at age 10
Published Sept 7, 2018
Around the world, children receive similar stereotype-reinforcing messages that girls are weak and boys are tough, study finds
Opioids
Preventing overdoses
In opioid crisis, language matters
Published Aug 14, 2018
Public support increases when opioid 'safe consumption sites' are called 'overdose prevention sites'
Toddler holds a crayon
Child development
U.S. states vary widely in identifying childhood delays, study finds
Published July 20, 2018
In lowest performing state, only 17 percent of children receive screening designed to catch developmental delays
Needle reads 'Never share'
Opioid epidemic
Public support remains low for needle exchanges, safe injection sites
Published July 19, 2018
Despite growing concerns over the opioid epidemic, majority of Americans don't support proven harm-reduction programs, study finds
Schoolchildren receive free bed nets during a distribution in Tanzania.
Global health
Fewer malaria nets, lower costs, more protection
Published July 10, 2018
Center for Communication Programs distributes insecticide-treated bed nets to schoolchildren to supplement regular distribution campaigns
A group collaborate in a portal
Bioengineering
Humanitarian hackathon for Gaza
Published July 9, 2018
Design challenge teams in Baltimore and the Gaza Strip use enhanced audiovisual technology to collaborate, innovate
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Virginia Apgar gets a Google doodle
Published June 7, 2018
Hopkins alum developed the Apgar Score, an assessment that has helped save countless newborn babies around the world
Samuel Kebede
Scholarships
Alum named Gates Cambridge Scholar
Published April 18, 2018
Samuel Kebede, a 2015 JHU graduate, will spend a year studying public health at University of Cambridge
A boy carries a case of water
Race in America
Public health crises in Puerto Rico
Published March 19, 2018
March 27 panel discussion will examine island's public health needs following devastation caused by Hurricane Maria
Tara Loyd and James Keck kiss in Alaska
Alumni
A public health love story
Published March 13, 2018
Bloomberg School alums travel the world to improve the health of people in need—with two toddlers in tow