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American Academy of Sciences and Letters honors three from Johns Hopkins

DeLuca

The American Academy of Sciences and Letters inducted Johns Hopkins faculty members Stefanie A. DeLuca, Paul McHugh, and Steven M. Teles in recognition of their scholarly achievements, with McHugh additionally […]

Study: Texas abortion ban leads to more infant deaths

suzanne bell

A new Johns Hopkins study finds that Texas’ six-week abortion ban (SB 8) led to thousands of additional births and a 13% rise in infant deaths, largely due to continued […]

Federal housing subsidies can save lives. They’re at risk of being cut anyway.

pollack

A new Johns Hopkins study finds that older adults receiving federal housing assistance are diagnosed with common cancers earlier than those without support, suggesting that stable, affordable housing directly improves […]

Abortion medications targeted by SC lawmakers at state, federal level

South Carolina already tightly restricts medication abortion, but new state and federal efforts—including a proposed total abortion ban and attempts to roll back FDA rules on telemedicine—could further limit access […]

Experts warn funding cuts risk setbacks in reproductive health

Philip Anglewicz

Experts at the International Conference on Family Planning warned that global aid cuts—especially from the U.S.—threaten to reverse major gains in reproductive health, urging sustainable, shared financing to close a […]

Global experts warn funding gaps threaten family planning gains

Anglewicz

At the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP 2025) in Bogotá, global health experts warned that shrinking donor funding and uneven political commitment threaten hard-won progress in sexual and reproductive […]

City Council to consider 3 bills addressing proliferation of smoke shops across Baltimore

powell

Baltimore City Council members introduced a three-bill package to regulate the rapid spread of smoke shops—especially those near schools—by strengthening zoning oversight, limiting signage and lighting, and studying their impact […]

Trump Would Rather Let Birth Control Expire Than Give It to Africans as Aid

The Trump administration is allowing nearly $10 million worth of contraceptives intended for low-income women in sub-Saharan Africa to expire in a Belgian warehouse, rejecting offers from global nonprofits to […]

Opinion: How to tease out what’s causation and what’s just correlation

elizabeth stuart

The article explains how researchers distinguish correlation from causation, emphasizing that while randomized controlled trials are the gold standard for determining causal relationships, ethical and practical limits often require alternative […]

More than 20 kids in India have died from contaminated cough syrup. Who’s to blame?

A recurring public health crisis has emerged in India, where contaminated cough syrups containing toxic industrial chemicals have killed over 20 children—part of a decades-long global pattern of similar tragedies. […]