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Local News: Student Volunteerism Leads to National Recognition and $10,000 Prize for Local Nonprofit
A local eighth grader at Southern Garrett Middle School has been nationally recognized as one of U.S. Cellular’s 16 under 16 award recipients through The Future of Good program. Caroline Argabrite rec...
Cost of Zika Outbreak in the United States Could Be High
Even a relatively mild Zika outbreak in the U.S. could cost more than $183 million in medical costs and productivity losses, an analysis by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds.
Modest Increases in Kids’ Physical Activity Could Avert Billions in Medical and Other Costs
Increasing the percentage of elementary school children in the U.S. who participate in 25 minutes of physical activity three times a week from 32 percent to 50 percent would avoid $21.9 billion in med...
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Awards Two Scholarships to Displaced Syrians
Two Syrian medical doctors receive full tuition to the Bloomberg School’s Master of Public Health program
Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute Awarded Seven-Year Grant
Renewal of original grant will enable continuation of malaria control and elimination research in southern Africa, new site to be added in central Africa.
El Nino Shifts Geographic Distribution of Cholera Cases in Africa
During the warmer, wetter weather, 50,000 additional cases occur in East Africa as compared to years without El Niño.
Former White House Drug Czar To Join Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School
Michael Botticelli, MEd, former White House Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, will join the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as its Distinguished Policy Scholar be...
Most Dengue Infections Transmitted In and Around Home
Transmission of the mosquito-borne dengue virus appears to be largely driven by infections centered in and around the home, with the majority of cases related to one another occurring in people who li...
Most Dengue Infections Transmitted In and Around Home
Transmission of the mosquito-borne dengue virus appears to be largely driven by infections centered in and around the home, with the majority of cases related to one another occurring in people who li...