Newborn screening programs are state mandated to ensure that all infants are screened for specific conditions at birth, providing the opportunity for early intervention and prevention of adverse outcomes.
Johns Hopkins University is now accepting applications to its DNP/MPH program, which will launch in the summer of 2021.
Researchers project that current rates of blindness and visual impairment in the United States will double by 2050, increasing the need for better screening efforts.
Since 2002, the number of hospitalizations due to opioid abuse and dependence has increased by 72%.
Rates of chronic conditions are on the rise in children, and children living in poverty have a higher risk of ADHD and asthma, compared with wealthier children.
From 1980 to 2014, the number of people worldwide with diabetes has increased from 108 million to 422 million.
Training the public in bystander CPR and first responder defibrillation improves outcomes for cardiac arrest that occurs outside of a hospital.
As Zika virus infections continue, the agency offers clinicians information on how to evaluate and manage suspected cases.
Very few patients with glycated hemoglobin levels that indicate prediabetes are being told they have the condition.
In Uganda, clinical officers are addressing public health needs by training to work in rural areas and treating the country’s growing population.
