Bloomberg School of Public Health
Pre-Entrance Health Requirements – New Students
All incoming in-person students to Johns Hopkins University must meet certain health requirements before attending. Failure to comply with these health requirements prior to your arrival on campus will block you from adding or dropping classes, interrupt your orientation, and may result in a $100 health form completion fine.
Holds on course registration for Non-compliance of the Health Form will be placed on September 7th 2024.
Holds on course registration for Non-Compliance of the Health Form will be placed on February 1st, 2025 for students joining in the Spring term.
The policies described above include:
- All new incoming in-person full/part-time students enrolled in a degree program
- Post-docs
- Visiting Medical Students
- Non-Clinical Visiting students
Students who are exempt from the pre-entrance requirements
- Fully remote students.
- Students studying in SAIS Europe and Hopkins Nanjing Center
- Short-term visiting students – those coming to campus for a brief time to participate in a non-degree program such as seminars, or certifications. Note: Short-term students are required to get the Flu vaccine.
Required Immunizations
Your Health Form can be downloaded here. Non-clinical Health Form
- MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella): 2 doses of MMR OR 2 doses of measles & mumps PLUS 1 dose of rubella OR positive blood titers. All doses must be administered at 12 months of age or older.
- Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis) vaccine for adults: Must be given at age 11 or older. Td (Tetanus-diphtheria) does not satisfy this requirement. Do not confuse the adult Tdap with the DTaP vaccine given before age 7.
- Varicella (chicken pox): 2 doses of varicella OR provide titer OR history of the disease (must provide documentation for the history of disease).
- Tuberculosis screening: An assessment called ‘TB RISK SCREEN’ is available in the health portal. You can view the sample PDF in preparation for your arrival Tuberculosis-Screening-JHU-1 (Note, this form must be completed online once you have access to my health portal)
- IGRA Blood test: Per the results of the TB Risk Screen, you may be required to submit a TB IGRA blood test completed within 12 months prior to the start of your program – TB skin tests are not accepted. If you test positive for your TB blood test, you will be asked to also provide a Chest X-Ray.
- Annual Flu Vaccine: Seasonal Vaccine for Influenza – August 1, 2024 – May 15, 2025.
All students will have an opportunity to obtain the vaccine at flu clinics on campus this fall. Note: Submit Flu vaccine only if you have received the current season’s flu vaccine, given AFTER AUGUST 1, 2024.
Related Links & Resources:
Health Requirements for New Students
Annual Flu Vaccine Requirements (Returning and New Students)
Submission Guidelines and Instructions
Requesting Medical & Religious Exceptions
Submission Deadlines & Non-Compliance Consequences
Where to Get Your Immunizations
Eligibility for Primary Care Services
BSPH students and trainees are eligible for primary care services at the East Baltimore clinic.