"[U]ltra-processed foods encompass many more products than just junk food or fast food, including most of the foods in the grocery store." - Dr. Julia Wolfson of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in VegNews vegnews.com/ultra-processe… #UPFS

In the wake of the CDC information flow shutdown and the US withdrawal from World Health Organization (WHO) Lynn Goldman speaks with HPW about critical issues. ✍️Sophia Samantaroy Atul Gawande NIH HHS.gov U.S. FDA International Health Milken Institute healthpolicy-watch.news/response-to-bi…

"...[R]esearch shows that cholera can be fatal in 30% to 50% of cases. 'A perfectly healthy young adult can be working in the field in the morning and be dead by evening,'" explains Dr. David Sack from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health usatoday.com/story/life/hea…

World leaders are poised to adopt a new mandate declaring road safety “an urgent public health and development priority” needing increased attention, per a joint op-ed published last week by 15 heads of UN agencies. unsdg.un.org/latest/announc…

“…[O]ne topic dominated last week’s #CUGH2025 Conference. No surprise: It was the rapid change in U.S. government research funding and support for keystone global health programs like PEPFAR.” Read more in Global Health NOW. CUGH globalhealthnow.org/2025-02/topic-…

"The increase in vaccine hesitancy, and more specifically some parents refusing vaccines, leaves us very susceptible to widespread #measles outbreaks," Dr. Daniel Salmon, Dir. of the Institute for Vaccine Safety at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said in PolitiFact. politifact.com/article/2025/f…

The sudden withdrawal of almost half of global funding for nutrition suddenly will have dire consequences for decades go.nature.com/3RpGRre

Excited to welcome Smisha Agarwal, Associate Professor International Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to #HopkinsIndiaConference. She's a global voice in primary care innovation, using digital tools to build inclusive, data-driven & people-centered health systems. RSVP: bit.ly/HIC2025

Seed oil a killer? Not according to the science. In the latest Gastropod episode, Matti Marklund of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health discusses the evidence behind seed oils, linoleic acid, and heart health. gastropod.com/seed-oil-scare…

So excited to teach 4 workshops this summer - always a highlight of my year! We’ve 10 fellows joining us! (5 from 🇻🇳 & 🇹🇿) Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health International Health HopkinsIHHS Johns Hopkins Intl. Injury Research Unit

✍️See my latest piece for Think Global Health where I use both personal reflection and analysis to explore the generational impacts of authoritarianism on mental health - a topic that tragically has come to the forefront given the deterioration of democracy at home and abroad.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) develops recommendations on how vaccines are used in the United States, such as advising everyone over 6 months of age get the flu shot, or extending eligibility for the HPV vaccine up to age 45. publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-commi…

U.S. researchers are facing sudden funding cuts that threaten studies, careers, and scientific progress. magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/scientist…

Since 2003, PEPFAR has saved over 26 million lives. It helped build health systems in 50+ countries, hiring nurses, strengthening supply chains, training local staff, and establishing infrastructure that now delivers far more than HIV care. globalhealthnow.org/2025-05/those-…

Healthy diets reduce the risk of death and disease across all races and ethnicities. While getting healthy foods to all Americans is one of the countryʼs greatest public health challenges, experts say that community-driven solutions already exist. publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/how-can-a…

A multi-country comparison between mobile phone surveys and face-to-face household surveys to estimate the prevalence of non-communicable diseases behavioural risk factors in low- and middle-income settings bit.ly/4eh8A8a

KEY TAKEAWAYS: Global Health Solidarity Open Forum 2025, under the theme ‘A Solidarity of the Shaken: From Despair to Collective Action’ What an insightful and engaging conversation it was! We are grateful to all who joined us, and especially to our phenomenal speakers who

A Pragmatic Approach to Streamlining Single-Use Plastics in Health Care - new in Annals of Int Med "The planetary and human costs of increasing dependency on disposable single-use plastic products are finally becoming apparent." acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/AN…

To work in public health is to relentlessly adapt, and while this moment may feel extreme, it is not unlike challenges we have met before, says Dean Ellen J. MacKenzie. magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/way-forwa…

Honoring a legacy in humanitarian health. International Health announces the Eh Kalu Shwe Oo Doctoral Scholarship, made possible by a substantial contribution to JHU Humanitarian Health. Also supporting faculty focused on conflict, displacement & health equity. 🔗 publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/center-fo…