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Findings suggest that existing coal dust mitigation measures are insufficient.

Cleaning up and 'greening' vacant lots can not only reduce eyesores but also boost the mental health of nearby residents. A Johns Hopkins study shows that Baltimore teens who live near greened lots report being significantly happier than those who live farther away.

Some people who have lived their whole lives at high altitude can develop chronic altitude sickness in their older years. The current cure is limited to moving to a lower altitude.

Some nations have already taken decisive steps to ban mercury amalgam in dental fillings—but in Zambia, despite the dangers, progress has stalled.

Abhirup Datta, PhD, MS, is an associate professor in Biostatistics, where he develops and applies statistical and machine learning methods to address substantive questions in environmental health, climate sciences, and global health research.

From job sites to city streets, courtrooms to EHRs, five stories show public health’s reach and impact.
 

Residents and researchers teamed up to show the airborne spread of pig waste into homes from nearby factory farms in Duplin County, North Carolina.

What happened when stop-work orders shut down four USAID projects?

Programs promising to save endangered species of sharks and other fish by incentivizing their release may be backfiring, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins and Oxford University.

With no vaccines yet and limited treatment options, avoiding tick bites is our best bet in reducing the risk of tickborne illnesses.

As gold prices top $3,000 per ounce and the U.S. withdraws funds to stem illegal mining, a public health crisis emerges in the Peruvian Amazon.

Environmental engineering students partner with Baltimore City on a concept to protect a major wastewater treatment plant from future climate-driven impacts

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a better way to measure the cumulative health risks faced by communities exposed to multiple toxic air pollutants.

The global dispersion of tiny bits of plastic—from snow on the Himalayas to individual cells within people—represents a significant threat to human health.