Researchers developed an AI model to help predict who returns to the hospital after a bypass, and why.

Emory University researchers have developed a mobile app that uses AI to help users record and analyze what they eat through photos, text or voice.

Exploring the health impacts and next steps once the world surpasses 1.5 degrees of warming.

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A program that gets families involved in teen substance use prevention is successfully altering substance use norms in rural and Native American communities.

Anemia negatively impacts health around the world. Indoor air pollution may be an important but under-recognized contributor to the condition.

Today we are covering a lot in the world of public health — from the Ebola outbreak, to a flesh-eating parasite making an unwelcome comeback in livestock, to ticks causing Alpha-Gal syndrome. Chelsea ...

Benefits of physical activity (PA) are well-documented, and sedentary behaviors (SB) are risk factors for disease independent of PA. Applying the concept of the...

Promising new research found signs that may help researchers better understand why some babies are born early.

Promising new research found signs that may help researchers better understand why some babies are born early.

Devastating disease outbreaks have dominated headlines recently, and they all have something in common: They come from animals.

Hello fellow nature lovers, happy Earth Day, and welcome to this week’s edition of Rollins Public Health News! Today, we’re talking about one of the most precious gifts the Earth provides: water.

How neighbors came together to uncover the contaminants in Emory’s local waterway.

Researchers from Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health have launched a new interactive tool that projects the state-level disease and economic impacts created when vaccination coverage de...

We break down what it means to sell a compounded version of a drug, and what you should know about compounded GLP-1s.

Can America still be healthy and safe from disease without participation in the World Health Organization? A Rollins researcher shares his thoughts.

Background/Aims: There is growing interest in leveraging real-world data, such as electronic health records, administrative claims data, and patient registries,...

Ambient artificial intelligence tools that capture clinician-patient conversations and generate draft clinical notes are now widely used in U.S. hospitals but unevenly adopted.

A rotavirus expert’s baby caught the disease before vaccines were available. He’s seen firsthand why the vaccine, recently downgraded on the vaccination schedule, is so important.

By Shelby Crosier, MPH Has this ever happened to you? You’re scrolling through TikTok, Instagram, or wherever else you consume your daily dose of brain rot (no judgement, I do it too), when suddenly s...

What do changes to the childhood vaccine schedule mean for American kids and the greater public? Infectious disease epidemiologist, Ben Lopman, shares his insights.

Ages 8, 26, and 38 are when new incidences of obesity peak, according to new research.

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A new Emory University study provides the first evidence that exposure to higher temperatures during pregnancy is linked to specific biological changes in mothers that are also associated with preterm...

A new study shows that state policies requiring clinicians to check prescription drug monitoring databases before prescribing opioid pain relievers may be associated with increased pain among older ad...

The FDA recently announced that it will be releasing daily drug adverse-event data. But questions remain about how it will manage frequent releases and how the public may interpret released informa...

A recent study from researchers at Rollins shows that policies designed to support infants exposed to substances before birth remain difficult to access and implement.

The ACIP voted today not to universally recommend the hepatitis B vaccine at birth for babies born to mothers who tested negative for hepatitis B. This is a major change to U.S. vaccine recommendation...

Childhood cancer survivors are not receiving the mental health care they need, according to a new study.

Introduction Children who acquire hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in early childhood through perinatal, household or community exposures are at highest risk of all age groups for experiencing chroni...

A new study led by researchers at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health estimates that nearly 20% of U.S. residents who use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention received the...