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1 in 5 maternal deaths are from suicide. Why is it so hard to get help?
According to experts, screening and treatment for postpartum depression remains lacking across the country.
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Study: About a third of children hospitalized with COVID-19 experience persistent symptoms
About three in five children continued to struggle with headaches and just under half experienced weakness.
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Hello, world: A woman's transition to a new voice
The Baltimore Sun followed Jessie Buckley for three months as she received gender-affirming voice therapy at the University of Maryland.
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Johns Hopkins graduate’s new book delves into life with a menstrual mood disorder
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD is a menstruation-related mood disorder that, before Shalene Gupta received treatment, caused her to have monthly depressive episodes.
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‘It would change my life drastically’: First food allergy drug approved by FDA
After a recent study, the FDA approved Xolair, a drug previously approved to treat asthma, for use helping prevent people with food allergies from experiencing reactions.
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Johns Hopkins study: Results from rapid COVID tests done at home can be trusted
A Johns Hopkins-led study shows that rapid tests done at home are as reliable as rapid tests administered by health care providers.
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Johns Hopkins researchers make progress in developing blood test for psychiatric disorders
The potential blood test that would identify changes in the brain associated with psychiatric and neurological disorders — an advancement that could enable doctors to detect the early signs of...
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The U.S. eliminated measles in 2000. Why is it back now?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care providers to be “on alert” for patients with symptoms of measles.
There are no US clinical guidelines for treating and diagnosing adult ADHD. That may change soon.
The number of adults being diagnosed with ADHD is increasing rapidly in the U.S.
New pediatric guidelines aim to treat obesity without stigma. Critics say they’ll make bias worse.
Especially controversial is a guideline that doctors consider prescribing weight loss drugs to children as young as 12 and referring 13-year-olds to be evaluated for weight loss surgery.