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WHO calls for access to health and humanitarian assistance on fourth day of conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory October 10, 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) repeats its call for an end to the hostilities that are causing untold suffering in Israel and the Gaza Strip. Over 1000 people have died and many more injured following horrific acts of violence by Hamas and others on Saturday in Israel. Nine hundred people have died and many more […]
New funding to ensure 370 million children receive polio vaccinations and to boost health innovation in low-income countries October 10, 2023
Today, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new financing partnership to address critical global health opportunities: eradicating polio and ensuring that innovations in health are more accessible to the people who need them most.
WHO issues global plan to tackle leading cause of death in childbirth October 10, 2023
WHO today released its first roadmap to tackle postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) – defined as excessive bleeding after childbirth - which affects millions of women annually and is the world’s leading cause of maternal deaths.

End of the Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Declaration September 12, 2023
COVID-19 Forecasting and Mathematical Modeling June 27, 2023
Forecasts from a variety of modeling teams are combined to provide a picture of what may happen in the future.
CDC & FDA Identify Preliminary COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signal for Persons Aged 65 Years and Older January 13, 2023
Use Masks to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 August 12, 2021
Information on the use of masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19, including how to sew your own and tips on care.

Study Shows Increased Risk of Uterine Fibroids in African-American Women With a Common Form of Hair Loss December 28, 2017
In a study of medical records gathered on hundreds of thousands of African-American women, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have evidence that women with a common form of hair loss have an increased chance of developing uterine leiomyomas, or fibroids.
More Tumor Mutations Equals Higher Success Rate With Cancer Immunotherapy Drugs December 20, 2017
The “mutational burden,” or the number of mutations present in a tumor’s DNA, is a good predictor of whether that cancer type will respond to a class of cancer immunotherapy drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors, a new study led by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers shows. The finding, published in the Dec. 21 New […]
How Electroconvulsive Therapy Relieves Depression Per Animal Experiments December 18, 2017
In a study using genetically engineered mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have uncovered some new molecular details that appear to explain how electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) rapidly relieves severe depression in mammals, presumably including people. The molecular changes allow more communication between neurons in a specific part of the brain also known to respond to antidepressant drugs.