A moral philosopher considers whether you should vote out of fear.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University is a world-class university in Baltimore, Maryland. Its goal is to educate its students and cultivate their capacity for life-long learning, to foster independent and original research, and to bring the benefits of discovery to the world.
Links
Displaying 141 - 160 of 172 articles
As more vaccines have been developed, the challenge of delivering them with minimal pain and number of visits to the doctor has increased. Needle-free vaccinations might help.
La science médicale chinoise a près de 2 000 ans d’histoire. Elle vient d’être récompensée par un Nobel de médecine à travers la figure fascinante de la chercheuse Youyou Tu.
The first Chinese Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded for work based on traditional Chinese medicine. Will traditional medical knowledge now share the spotlight with evidence-based medicine?
Despite the criticism, the sustainable development goal for health presents an opportunity to approach health holistically.
Pourquoi les Chinois investissent-ils en Afrique? Par volonté néo-colonialiste ? Pour surexploiter les ressources ? Une étude montre que la stratégie chinoise est plus complexe que cela.
Understanding genetics isn’t enough to solve our health problems – we need to look at where people live, too.
Contrary to Western views, China is in Africa for business. Between 1998 and 2012, about 2000 Chinese firms invested in 49 countries on the African continent.
History shows how scientists and the public tried to understand hereditary cancer risk well before we had the technology to discover mutations and test for genetic disorders.
As Patriots quarterback Tom Brady vows to fight his four-game suspension by the NFL, a scholar examines “deflategate” in the context of sports history and safety.
Research suggests that many international health-oriented responses are poorly targeted. So what kind of health response would best target the needs of the Nepalese?
Australia is unique in using parental financial incentives for immunisation.
Study of Pennsylvania, which has had a surge in unconventional drilling with fracking, suggests a link between fracking and higher levels of radon.
Understanding public opinion can help officials target messages during a health crisis. But current survey methods aren’t good at generating representative samples. Can Twitter fill in the gaps?
When retail health clinics move into new areas, antibiotic prescription rates go up.
Antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health. Resistance makes it harder for physicians to treat infections and can increase the chance patients will die from an infection. What is more, the…
Americans consume a staggering amount of the opioid painkiller hydrocodone - about 99% of the world’s supply. In October, after 10 years of debate the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) reclassified medications…
News that a doctor in New York City tested positive for Ebola sparked mandatory quarantine orders for heath workers returning from West Africa in New York and New Jersey last week. The outbreak has killed…
On November 4, the state of Arizona will decide whether to join Colorado, Missouri, Louisiana and Michigan in passing so-called right to try laws. If passed, the “Arizona Terminal Patients’ Right To Try…
Nations of the world came together in 2000 to make a solemn commitment to humanity to combat tuberculosis (TB), HIV/AIDS and other devastating diseases. This pushed governments to set up aggressive public…
Authors
-
Research Scholar, Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute, Johns Hopkins University
-
Doctor of International Affairs candidate, Johns Hopkins University
-
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University
-
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins University
-
Masters of Public Health student, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
-
Professor of the Practice of International Development, Johns Hopkins University
-
Rohrbaugh Family Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
-
Ph.D. Student in History, Johns Hopkins University
-
Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University
-
Adjunct lecturer, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
-
Assistant Professor of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins University
-
Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
-
Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
-
Bernard T. Ferrari Professor of Business, Johns Hopkins University
-
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
