The goal of precision medicine is to tailor treatments to each patient's genes, but these techniques only work if scientists have studied people who are genetically similar, writes Rob Arthur, PhD, for FiveThirtyEight.
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Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, part of the school of public health, received a $300 million federal grant to promote public health programs in developing countries, according to the Baltimore Sun.
Michigan State University in East Lansing will receive $3.2 million from HHS to establish a registry of Flint, Mich., residents affected by lead-contaminated water in 2014 and 2015.
Big data is reshaping the future of healthcare, Kevin Rands, CEO of Online Health Networks, wrote in an op-ed for CIO.
Maine raised the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 after state legislators overturned Gov. Paul LePage's veto, according to the Press Herald.
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A mobile health intervention successfully improved mothers' adherence to safe sleep practices for infants, according to recent research in JAMA.
The biotechnology company 23andMe launched enrollment for a study investigating the underlying genetics of major depressive and bipolar disorders Tuesday.
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health selected three postdoctoral fellows to receive the first William G. Coleman Jr., PhD, Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award.
The President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis released its interim report to President Donald Trump Monday, calling on the president to declare the opioid epidemic a national emergency.
Cleveland Clinic has opened a Center for Men's Health in its existing Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute to offer specialized care to men.