If past is prologue, federal environmental protections may see a rollback—but state and local efforts could stem the damage.

Gun Violence in the U.S. 2022: Examining the Burden Among Children and Teens ...

Firearm violence is a preventable public health tragedy affecting communities across the United States. In 2022, 48,204 1 people died by firearms in the United States — an average of one death every ...

Americans are impacted by various forms of gun violence – including suicide, homicide, and unintentional deaths, as well as nonfatal gunshot injuries, threats, and exposure to gun violence in ...

Shortcomings in the Baltimore region’s public transit system disproportionately affect low-income and minority neighborhoods, according to a new report from the Department of Environmental Health and ...

In many incidents of gun violence, warning signs are present that an individual is at risk of harming themselves or others. Family members are often the first to know when loved ones are in a suicidal ...

The June 2022 Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade upended the federal right to abortion that had been in place for 50 years, and handed the question of abortion rights over to individual ...

The term mental hygiene has a long history in the United States, having first been used by William Sweetzer in 1843. After the Civil War, which increased concern about the effects of unsanitary ...

In a peer-reviewed research letter published online today in JAMA, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimate that a Texas abortion ban that went into effect in ...

My work focuses on enhancing the screening, diagnosis, and management of type 2 diabetes using epidemiologic data. Over the past several years, I have led projects (1) assessing national trends in ...

Existing loopholes in the federal background check law provide an avenue for individuals who are prohibited from owning a firearm to purchase one. Private sales, gun shows, online marketplaces, and ...

More than half of all U.S. gun owners store firearms unlocked. Responsible gun ownership is not only about how, where, and when a person uses their firearm; it’s also about how they store it when not ...