Congress regulates how much DEHP can be in children’s toys—but not medical devices. A neonatologist says it’s time to rid neonatal intensive care units of this toxic endocrine disruptor.
50 MPH students met with nearly 400 East Baltimore kids to discuss brains, bats, asthma and the future during the Career and Culture Fair at Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins Partnership School.
The lab is way too sterile, and the natural world, too raw and wild. But this halfway house in Macha, Zambia, is just right when it comes to luring mosquitoes to give up the secrets of malaria.
Researchers at the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse undertake a comprehensive evaluation of legislation that affects children who are commercially sexually exploited.
More than a year into West Africa’s devastating outbreak, humanity still has lots to learn about handling a crisis of this scale. Here are perspectives from some people who paid attention.
Data about cancer prevalence in developing countries is sparse. Two recent studies investigating breast masses in Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Nepal suggest that unmet needs are widespread.
Women of reproductive age who hail from regions where DDT levels are high could benefit from having more B-vitamins to help ward off the negative effects of chemical exposure.
New evidence shows that vitamin E is important to human reproduction; women deficient in this powerful antioxidant were more likely to miscarry, according to a study in rural Bangladesh.
