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PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS

An Introduction, and a Challenge

All News

Lower Access to Air Conditioning May Increase Need for Emergency Care for Wildfire Smoke Exposure

urban populations.

Racism’s deadly effects on US roads: Walking, biking are drastically more dangerous for some Americans

in Environmental Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes Matthew Raifman, doctoral student in environmental health

Tagged: Environmental Health, health inequities, racism, traffic deaths, transportation, urban health, urban populations

Scientific American

Population Density Does Not Doom Cities to Pandemic Dangers

in Biostatistics, COVID-19, Global Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes Brooke Nichols, assistant professor of global health; and Laura White, associate professor of biostatistics

Tagged: coronavirus, covid-19, infectious disease, population health, urban health, urban populations

Grist

Parks Combat Summer Heat. but Not Everyone Has Equal Access.

in COVID-19, Environmental Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes Gregory Wellenius, professor of environmental health

Tagged: access to care, coronavirus, covid-19, infectious disease, urban health, urban populations

Independent

Minority Communities Will Be Hit Hardest by Killer Heat Across US, Data Show

in Environmental Health, SPH In the Media

References study co-authored by Gregory Wellenius, professor of environmental health

Tagged: climate, climate change, health disparities, urban health, urban populations

US News & World Report

Heat Kills More Americans Than Previously Thought

in Environmental Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes Gregory Wellenius, professor of environmental health

Tagged: climate, climate change, urban health, urban populations

Futurity

Heat May Kill Way More Americans Yearly Than We Knew

in Environmental Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes Gregory Wellenius, professor of environmental health

Tagged: climate, climate change, death, urban health, urban populations

Inside Climate News

Tree Deaths in Urban Settings Are Linked to Leaks from Natural Gas Pipelines below Streets

in Environmental Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes Madeleine Scammell, associate professor of environmental health

Tagged: climate, climate change, environmental chemicals, Environmental Health, environmental safety, urban health, urban populations

WBUR

Mapping Boston Hot Spots, Block by Block

in Environmental Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes Jonathan Levy, professor of environmental health

Tagged: Environmental Health, environmental safety, urban health, urban populations

Scientific American

in SPH In the Media

3 Ways to Create More Resilient Communities — opinion co-authored by Dean Sandro Galea

Tagged: climate change, natural disaster, urban health, urban populations

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