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Public health

Three red spinners on a wooden table
Q+A
Fidget spinner fact and fiction
Published June 20, 2017
Claims that devices help kids with ADD, autism are nothing more than 'smart marketing,' Hopkins doctor says
Public health
Toxic metals found in e-cigarette liquids
Published Feb 17, 2017
Researchers suspect heating coil in 'cig-a-like' devices may release carcinogens including nickel, lead, cadmium / School of Public Health
Public health
Scholarship opportunity for displaced Syrians
Published Jan 12, 2017
Center for Humanitarian Health will provide two displaced students full scholarships to Bloomberg School's Master of Public Health program
Q+A
The science is clear: Vaccines are safe, effective
Published Jan 11, 2017
Public health expert Daniel Salmon discusses vaccine safety and the potential hazards posed by fewer children being vaccinated
Global health
$30M grant fuels air pollution study
Published Nov 8, 2016
Johns Hopkins receives $30M grant for study of cook stove fuels and their effects on maternal, infant health
Two ticks in a glass vial silhouetted against a red background light
Public health
Hopkins to expand Lyme disease research efforts
Published Nov 8, 2016
$10M gift supports existing research on post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, new therapies, vulnerable populations / Hopkins Medicine
Josh Sharfstein
Sharfstein to lead public health initiative
Published Oct 27, 2016
Associate dean at BSPH named inaugural director of JHU's Bloomberg American Health Initiative
BSPH part of study on environmental influences on child health
Published Sept 21, 2016
Bloomberg School receives $95M NIH grant to analyze data for new initiative
Public Health
Centennial celebration
Published Sept 20, 2016
Bloomberg, Biden, Bono among luminaries at School of Public Health event in New York
Michael R. Bloomberg
Philanthropy
Bloomberg gives $300M for public health initiative
Published Sept 15, 2016
Bloomberg American Health Initiative will focus on new approaches to drug addiction, obesity, gun violence, adolescent health, environmental threats