Profiles

Jonathan I Levy, ScD

Chair and Professor, Environmental Health - Boston University School of Public Health

News & In the Media

• Published on December 22, 2024

  With New COVID Variant on Horizon, Low Vaccination Rates and Stark Disparities Could Make for a ‘Miserable Winter’

• Published on December 4, 2024

  A Modest Proposal for Elon and Vivek: Improve What’s Already Efficient

• Published on December 4, 2024

  A Modest Proposal for Elon and Vivek: Improve What’s Already Efficient

• Published on December 1, 2024

  When Science Showed In the 1970s That Gas Stoves Produced Harmful Indoor Air Pollution, the Industry Reached for Tobacco’s PR Playbook

• Published on October 25, 2024

  Curbing Air Pollution Control Devices Would Cost Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars

• Published on October 18, 2024

  Early-Career Scholars Begin Professional Development Fellowship at SPH

• Published on May 30, 2024

  Long COVID Disproportionately Impacts Black and Hispanic Communities, as FLiRt Variant Looms

• Published on May 3, 2024

  Study Links Gas Stoves to 50,000 Current Cases of Childhood Asthma

• Published on March 15, 2024

  Professor Partners with City of Boston to Retrofit Gas Stoves for Dorchester Residents

• Published on March 10, 2024

  Four Years of COVID: Fewer People Are Dying but the Virus ‘Is Still with Us’

• Published on March 6, 2024

  Gas Stoves Will Likely Not Be Banned in the US Anytime Soon

• Published on March 3, 2024

  City to Launch Pilot Program to Replace Gas Stoves with Electric in Dorchester

• Published on November 30, 2023

  What’s Next for Environmental Health?

• Published on November 9, 2023

  When Science Showed in the 1970s That Gas Stoves Produced Harmful Indoor Air Pollution, the Industry Reached for Tobacco’s PR Playbook

• Published on November 3, 2023

  When Science Showed in the 1970s That Gas Stoves Produced Harmful Indoor Air Pollution, the Industry Reached for Tobacco’s PR Playbook

• Published on November 3, 2023

  Opinion: Gas Stoves Are Bad for Your Health. So Is the Industry’s Big Tobacco-Style Coverup

• Published on November 3, 2023

  When Science Showed in the 1970s That Gas Stoves Produced Harmful Indoor Air Pollution, the Industry Reached for Tobacco’s PR Playbook

• Published on October 19, 2023

  Winter Is Coming: Get the House Ready

• Published on October 16, 2023

  Milwaukee Schools Lack Air Conditioning despite Rising Temperatures. Here’s What We Know

• Published on June 9, 2023

  First COVID, Now Wildfire Smoke Show How Far There Is to Go On Indoor Air Quality

• Published on May 11, 2023

  Is the COVID Pandemic Really Over? Here’s What the Data Show.

• Published on May 9, 2023

  New Center Will Foster Research on Climate and Health

• Published on May 5, 2023

  SPH Hosts Briefing for Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Health

• Published on May 4, 2023

  Some Want Massachusetts to Ban Gas Stoves in New Home Construction Like New York

• Published on April 26, 2023

  Demand for Electric Vehicles Growing, but Can Charging Network Keep Up?

• Published on February 28, 2023

  Professors Receive $1.3M EPA Grant to Advance Climate Resilience among Mystic River Communities

• Published on February 20, 2023

  COVID Is Still Killing People Every Day. But Its Main Victims Have Changed

• Published on January 31, 2023

  Gas Stoves Culture War. Is There a Public Health Component Worth Discussing?

• Published on January 29, 2023

  In the Fight over Gas Stoves, Meet the Industry’s Go-to Scientist

• Published on January 25, 2023

  Ventilation Key to Reducing Health Risks from Gas-Burning Stoves

• Published on January 17, 2023

  Gas Stoves Can Harm Your Health — and Scientists Have Known That for Decades

• Published on January 16, 2023

  An Environmental Health Professor Explains The Fracas Over Gas Stoves

• Published on January 16, 2023

  Gas Stove Health Concerns: What to Know and How to Reduce Your Risk

• Published on January 14, 2023

  SPH Researchers Recommend Regulatory Changes to EPA to Protect People from Hazardous Chemicals

• Published on January 13, 2023

  Are Gas Stoves Bad for Your Health? Here’s Why the Federal Government Is Considering New Safety Regulations

• Published on January 12, 2023

  Should You Replace Your Gas Stove with an Electric One? Here’s What You Need to Know.

• Published on January 10, 2023

  What the Potential Ban on Gas Stoves Means If You Have One

• Published on January 10, 2023

  Federal Agency Considering Ban on Gas Stoves: Report

• Published on January 5, 2023

  Study: 15% Of Childhood Asthma Cases in Massachusetts Linked to Gas Stoves

• Published on January 3, 2023

  Some Districts, Experts Are Recommending Masking as School Resumes to Prevent COVID-19 Spread

• Published on November 9, 2022

  Universal Masking in School Works. New Data Shows How Well

• Published on October 14, 2022

  Investing in Indoor Air Quality Improvements in Schools Will Reduce COVID Transmission

• Published on October 10, 2022

  Opinion: Better Air Creates Safer Learning Environment

• Published on October 7, 2022

  Investing in Indoor Air Quality Improvements in Schools Will Reduce COVID Transmission and Help Students Learn

• Published on October 5, 2022

  Sleepwalking into a Third COVID Winter? Neither Healey nor Diehl Have Shared a Plan for the Pandemic.

• Published on September 19, 2022

  Biden Says ‘the Pandemic Is Over.’ Some Local Docs Disagree.

• Published on September 15, 2022

  Gas Stoves Aren’t Just Bad for the Environment. They Pollute Your Indoor Air, Too

• Published on September 15, 2022

  Hot Topic How Your Cooker Could Put You and Your Kids at Risk of Deadly Diseases

• Published on September 14, 2022

  Gas Stoves Linked to Asthma in Children, Adult Cancers, Scientist Warns

• Published on September 13, 2022

  Is Your Gas Stove Bad for Your Health?

• Published on August 23, 2022

  If Fall Brings COVID Surge, When Should Schools Mandate Masks, Require Testing? Coalition Wants Prevention Plan in Place

• Published on August 22, 2022

  Mass. Health Leaders Call For Stepped-up COVID Plans for Fall and Winter

• Published on August 14, 2022

  What New CDC COVID-19 School Guidelines Says about Bullying Face Mask Wearers

• Published on June 12, 2022

  Employers Piece Together a Hodgepodge of COVID-19 Safety Policies to Stay Open and Healthy

• Published on May 26, 2022

  This Photo of a Professor Wearing a Mask Went Viral. So Did His Response to Critics

• Published on May 24, 2022

  Professor Who Went Viral for Wearing a Mask on a Zoom Call Explains His Reasoning

• Published on May 24, 2022

  In Encouraging Sign, Levels of Coronavirus in Eastern Mass. Waste Water Have Dipped in Recent Days

• Published on May 18, 2022

  Health Experts Call For Stricter COVID Measures in Massachusetts as Cases and Hospitalizations Rise

• Published on May 18, 2022

  Health Experts Urge Gov. Baker, MBTA, & Schools to Bring Back COVID Precautions as Cases Rise

• Published on May 13, 2022

  11 of 14 Mass. Counties Now Have High Levels of COVID-19, CDC Reports; Indoor Masking Recommended

• Published on May 13, 2022

  What the White House Global COVID-19 Summit Should’ve Spent More Time On

• Published on May 12, 2022

  Officials Urge Caution as COVID Cases Rise

• Published on May 6, 2022

  The CDC Put Half of Mass. At a ‘High’ Community Level for COVID. Here’s What That Means.

• Published on April 27, 2022

  How to Get the Most Out of Your Mask — In a Mask-Optional World

• Published on April 1, 2022

  Chinatown in ‘High Exposure Zone’ for Unregulated Air Pollutants, Study Shows

• Published on March 30, 2022

  ‘The Pandemic Is Not over’: One Local Expert’s Take On Current COVID-19 Indicators

• Published on March 30, 2022

  ‘New Normal’: Where We Stand in the Fight against COVID-19

• Published on March 19, 2022

  Racial Disparities in Mass. COVID Deaths Are Widest among Younger Adults

• Published on March 14, 2022

  The Disproportionate Impact of COVID in Massachusetts

• Published on March 11, 2022

  Two Years of COVID: A New Analysis Reveals a Heavy Toll on Young Families of Color in Massachusetts

• Published on March 10, 2022

  In an Era of Optional Mask Wearing, Gov. Desantis’ Outburst Is a Cautionary Tale

• Published on February 15, 2022

  Mass. Loosens Recommendation on Indoor Masking

• Published on February 9, 2022

  Mass. Drops School Mask Order, but Some Parents, Doctors Fear It’s Too Soon

• Published on February 4, 2022

  Clarence Fanto: To Mask or Unmask. That Is the Question Facing Lenox School Leaders

• Published on January 19, 2022

  Public Health Experts and Doctors Urge That Schools Must Stay Open throughout Omicron at Any Cost

• Published on January 13, 2022

  COVID-19 and Face Masks: Your Questions Answered

• Published on January 6, 2022

  Mass. Schools Cope with COVID Disruptions, Including ‘Non-medical’ Use Masks

• Published on December 15, 2021

  A Never-Ending Battle? A Rocky Journey as Us Enters Third Year Fighting COVID

• Published on December 9, 2021

  ‘Action Now’: BU Professor Urges Officials to Act as Local COVID Wastewater Data Rises

• Published on November 22, 2021

  Local Epidemiologists Unsurprised by Rise in COVID Cases among School-Aged Kids in Mass.

• Published on November 22, 2021

  Kids Ages 5-9 Outpacing Other Age Groups in COVID Cases in Massachusetts

• Published on November 10, 2021

  Hey Boston, Shut UUUUUUUP Already!!!!!!!

• Published on November 9, 2021

  Air Pollution Disproportionally Affects People of Color, Lower-Income Residents in DC

• Published on November 4, 2021

  This Squad of Researchers Is a Real-Life Justice League

• Published on October 28, 2021

  This Squad of Researchers Is a Real-Life Justice League

• Published on October 14, 2021

  BU URBAN Prepares Students to Tackle Environmental and Climate Challenges

• Published on July 29, 2021

  Wildfires Hundreds of Miles Away Smoke Out Massachusetts

• Published on July 28, 2021

  Wildfires Trigger Air Quality Alerts in Massachusetts

• Published on May 28, 2021

  The Butterfly Effect: Retrofitting Low-Income Housing

• Published on May 24, 2021

  A BU Professor Believes Mass. Is Lifting Its COVID-19 Restrictions Too Quickly. Here’s Why.

• Published on April 21, 2021

  Report: Air Quality Improving In Mass., Even before the Pandemic

• Published on April 13, 2021

  Northeast US: Walking, Biking Could Save Billions, Lives

• Published on March 29, 2021

  A Solution-Oriented Approach to Environmental Equity

• Published on March 29, 2021

  A Simple Way to Tackle America’s Most Entrenched Problems? Retrofit Houses

• Published on March 24, 2021

  How to Improve Public Health, the Environment and Racial Equity All at Once: Upgrade Low-Income Housing

• Published on March 12, 2021

  Pandemic Slashes Boston Traffic

• Published on March 1, 2021

  In Northeast, Improved Walking and Bicycling Infrastructure Could Save Hundreds of Lives, Billions of Dollars

• Published on March 1, 2021

  In the Northeast, Improved Walking and Bicycling Infrastructure Could Save Hundreds of Lives, Billions of Dollars

• Published on January 28, 2021

  Transportation Infrastructure Investments Could Save Hundreds of Lives, Billions of Dollars

• Published on December 16, 2020

  Mass., Other States Near Historic Agreement to Curb Transportation Emissions

• Published on July 14, 2020

  The Environmental Movement Needs to Join the Fight Against Racism

• Published on May 28, 2020

  AG Healey Brief: Environmental Pollution Contributes to Disparate Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Communities of Color

• Published on May 15, 2020

  COVID-19 Story Map Illustrates Vulnerable Populations in Massachusetts

• Published on May 13, 2020

  Healey Report Highlights COVID-19 Impact on Environmental Justice Communities

• Published on April 30, 2020

  Researchers Aid Chelsea, Epicenter of MA COVID-19 Outbreak

• Published on April 30, 2020

  Massachusetts Communities with Dirty Air Are Coronavirus Hotspots

• Published on April 30, 2020

  Massachusetts Communities with Dirty Air Are Coronavirus Hotspots

• Published on April 27, 2020

  Lifespan: Five Myths of Environmental Health Hazards

• Published on April 27, 2020

  In Boston, COVID-19 and Climate Change Are Hitting Same Communities Hardest

• Published on April 21, 2020

  5 Environmental Health Myths — and the Facts You Should Know Instead

• Published on January 29, 2020

  ‘Take-Home’ Exposures Are Public Health Hazard

• Published on November 25, 2019

  Mapping Boston Hot Spots, Block by Block

• Published on November 22, 2019

  New Climate and Health Program Tackles ‘Real Crisis’

• Published on October 22, 2019

  Environmental Sustainability Turns 50 at Miami University

• Published on September 27, 2019

  ‘Climate Policy Is Health Policy’

• Published on September 23, 2019

  Car Pollution in Boston Area Neighborhoods Poses Health Risk to Residents, New Research Finds

• Published on September 6, 2019

  SPH Introduces MS in Population Health Research

• Published on August 20, 2019

  The 6 Things You Most Need to Know about Trump’s New Climate Plan

• Published on August 16, 2019

  States Sue to Block New Power Plant Rule, Force EPA to Combat Climate Change

• Published on July 12, 2019

  Benson Carbon Pricing Bill Is Smart Policy

• Published on July 11, 2019

  POV: What Trump Got Wrong, and Right, in His Speech about the Environment

• Published on July 11, 2019

  What Trump Got Wrong, and Right, in His Speech about the Environment

• Published on June 27, 2019

  Trump EPA Claims New Power Plant Rule Would Improve Health of Minority and Low-Income Communities. Don’t Believe It.

• Published on June 20, 2019

  Trump EPA Finalizes Rollback of Key Obama Climate Rule That Targeted Coal Plants

• Published on April 1, 2019

  A Lot of Noise But Little Action on Planes at Council

• Published on February 8, 2019

  The Future of Environmental Health

• Published on January 17, 2019

  Study Shows 18 States Likely to Emit More CO2 under Affordable Clean Energy Plan

• Published on January 17, 2019

  Clear Energy Plan Substitute May Result in Elevated Emissions

• Published on January 16, 2019

  Trump Replacement for Obama Climate Plan Worse Than Doing Nothing — Study

• Published on January 16, 2019

  Clean Power Plan Replacement Could Lead to Increased Emissions

• Published on January 16, 2019

  Some States’ Emissions Would Be Higher under Trump Climate Rule, Study Finds

• Published on January 16, 2019

  Wheeler Faces the Senate

• Published on January 16, 2019

  Affordable Clean Energy Rule May Lead to More Air Pollution and Carbon Emissions, Study Says

• Published on January 15, 2019

  New EPA Proposal Would Increase Emissions

• Published on December 5, 2018

  ‘Identify Solutions Rather Than Problems’

• Published on October 26, 2018

  There Is No Public Health without Environmental Health

• Published on October 10, 2018

  BU Launches Urban Climate Initiative with City of Boston

• Published on October 5, 2018

  A Few Sentences Buried in a New EPA Rule Could Change How Toxic Chemicals Are Regulated

• Published on October 4, 2018

  The EPA’s Bold New Idea Has Massive Implications for Public Health

• Published on October 2, 2018

  Choking on Growth: More Boston Traffic Fuels Poorer Air Quality

• Published on July 18, 2018

  Science at Salons: In New Bedford, Boston University Research Looks at Toxins in Toenails

• Published on June 29, 2018

  Report: Pollution Levels Underscore Need for Energy Bill

• Published on June 5, 2018

  Timilty Seeks Funds to Study Health Impact on Plane Overflights

• Published on April 6, 2018

  Scott Pruitt’s Rollback of Emissions Standards Is a Big Deal. Here’s Why the Rollout Fell Flat

• Published on April 2, 2018

  Scientists Worry Scott Pruitt’s New EPA Change Will Harm Life-Saving Research

• Published on March 27, 2018

  As Scott Pruitt Flies First Class, EPA Barely Gets Off the Ground

• Published on February 21, 2018

  One Seattle Neighborhood Is Fighting Airplane Noise

• Published on February 16, 2018

  Wall Paint, Perfumes and Cleaning Agents Are Polluting Our Air

• Published on February 7, 2018

  These South Seattle Teens Are Taking On the Nation’s Aviation Regulators

• Published on November 9, 2017

  Air Pollution Exposure Inequality Persists in Massachusetts

• Published on October 23, 2017

  NSF Awards $3 Million for Research Traineeship Grant

• Published on December 15, 2016

  Another Assault on Responsible Environmental Policy and Climate Change Control

• Published on July 15, 2016

  Health Benefits Identified in Offshore Wind Farms

• Published on May 25, 2016

  New Research Center to Study Environmental Health Disparities

• Published on May 16, 2016

  MA Health Secretary to SPH Grads: ‘Search for the Positive’

• Published on April 25, 2016

  Living Near Highways Raises Risk of Heart Attacks, Strokes

• Published on February 17, 2016

  ‘Preventing the Next Flint’

• Published on August 31, 2015

  Simulating the Health Benefits of Low-Carbon Energy Policy

• Published on May 5, 2015

  Health Benefits of Clean Power Plan Hinge on Key Policy Decisions

• Published on March 12, 2015

  Link Between Cardiovascular Risks and ‘Ultrafine’ Particle Pollution

• Published on December 8, 2014

  Levy Joins Other Scientists on EPA Power Plan Comments

• Published on September 30, 2014

  Power Plant Standards Could Save Thousands of Lives Every Year, Report Says

• Published on March 7, 2014

  SPH Students Dive into State Budget Debate on Housing Voucher Funding

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