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Urban Design: The Key to Encouraging Walking

Fellow Farah Nimeri

Fighting Fire with Fire

Fellow Rylie Lillibridge

Reaping the Benefits

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

Police Chases Gone Wrong

Fellow Priyanka Athalye

Washing Away Climate Promises

Fellow Rylie Lillibridge

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11.14.2018 Black and white view of Manhattan from above

The Dangers of Cold Weather

Lane and colleagues analyzed hospital discharge, death certificate, and medical examiner data to identify deaths and illness caused by cold weather in New York City to understand who is most at risk.

Guest Author Kathryn Lane

11.13.2018 a truck with a advertisement on it

Environment
Environmental Health

Mining and Mobile Units

Coal miners’ “black lung” is at its highest rate in over two decades. Mobile units, created under a program of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, provide miners with chest x-rays and breathing tests to monitor their health.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

10.30.2018 A light rail train in a station

All Aboard for Light Rail Transit

Public transit moves many people efficiently, producing significantly less air pollution than vehicles. Park and Sener measured how light rail transit decreased vehicle emissions and in turn affected deaths from stroke.

Fellow Erin Polka

10.11.2018 Graph comparing rural, suburban, and urban water violations

Water Quality Violations

Most Americans have access to safe drinking water, but communities in rural areas are most likely to experience water quality violations.

Fellow Erin Polka

10.05.2018 Two soldiers putting on gas masks

Are Post-9/11 Veterans Experiencing a New Version of Gulf War Illness?

Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are reporting a similar constellation of symptoms that affect veterans deployed to the Persian Gulf in 1990-1991.

Guest Authors Bryann DeBeer, Lisa Corcoran

09.06.2018 a cracked ground with a person standing on it

Denying Climate Change is Denying Health

When we recognize that climate change matters for health, we cannot avoid a discussion of how health is affected in our climate conversations.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

08.24.2018 Five Borough Farms rooftop garden in Hell's Kitchen

Design Thinking for Public Health

Five Borough Farm Project, an initiative launched in 2009, brought urban farmers, designers, and policy makers together, using design thinking to expand urban agriculture in New York City.

Guest Author Tara Murphy

07.27.2018 Plastic bag caught at the top of a beautiful tree

Blowing in the Wind: Plastic Bag Use

Single-use plastic bags are a number one flyaway issue at landfills, and permanent features of the landscapes they litter. Research examined the effectiveness of various approaches used by local governments to reduce plastic shopping bags.

Fellow Erin Polka

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