Research Archives

11.04.2025 A girl returns from school wades across a flooded street after heavy rains. Indicates connection between climate change and child health

More than 85% of the mental and physical health burden of climate change falls on children under the age of five.

Guest Authors Amber Acquaye, Deepika Shaligram

11.03.2025 Bitcoin mining farm

Bitcoin mining’s rising energy demand in the U.S. drives air pollution and other health risks, with little federal oversight or regulation.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

10.29.2025 Students sitting in classroom listening to teacher lecture. Education concept

With no national standard for sex education, the U.S. has a patchwork of policies that reflect local politics more than public health.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

10.28.2025 Garbage truck dumping the garbage in a landfill. Pollution and superfund site concept

Due to historical segregation and racism, communities of color and low-income populations live near the nation’s most hazardous sites.

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

10.24.2025 MRSA bacteria. Antibacterial resistance concept

By 2050, resistant infections could kill more people worldwide than cancer. But this outcome is preventable if we act now.

Fellow Aidan Stotz

10.22.2025 Group of adolescents using mobile phones in hallway at high school

While online spaces can hold a lot of benefits for adolescents, they also come with particular risks that can be difficult to handle alone.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

10.20.2025 Shadows on a jail cell block

A recent lung cancer screening initiative at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections shows promise in reaching this high-risk population.

Guest Authors Michelle Suh, Emily Lupez, Justin Berk

10.15.2025 Rows of chairs for patients to sit and wait in line to get care at a health clinic

The private consolidation of methadone clinics has skyrocketed. But what happens when lifesaving treatment becomes dependent on profit?

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

10.14.2025 portrait of a young woman with tote bag holding food product, buying groceries at supermarket

Without clear definitions, FDA regulation of ultra-processed foods risks being ineffective or overly restrictive, potentially harming health.

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

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