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Rising temperatures driven by climate change could lead to increased health risks for people with diabetes, according to experts including Harvard Chan School’s Barrak Alahmad.
We compiled a list of all of the questions we’ve received from people in the LA area in the wake of the Eaton and Palisades fires earlier this month, and…
Researchers from four universities have launched a 10-year study of the Los Angeles fires—an unprecedented collective scientific effort to understand the short- and long-term health impacts of wildfires.
Nearly a quarter of the U.S. population is likely exposed to high radon concentrations linked with cancer risks, according to a new study co-authored by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health experts.
Our Disrupted JPB EH Fellows Workshop From the security of our 10th-floor Santa Monica hotel conference room, we could see the earliest flickers of the Palisades Fire by 11am Tuesday…
As the Los Angeles wildfires continue to rage, Mary Margaret Johnson, principal research scientist in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discusses the dangers of wildfire smoke to health, which populations are most at risk, and tips to protect yourself.
Joe Allen, Associate Professor of Exposure Assessment Science in the Department of Environmental Health, has taught the Healthy Buildings course at the Harvard T.H. Chan school of Public Health since 2016….
Countries worldwide, regardless of income level, can halve their rates of premature deaths by 2050 if they focus on a handful of key health priorities. That is the optimistic message of Global Health 2050, a recent report by the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health.
A new study published today in Lancet Planetary Health found that long-term exposure to air pollution increased deaths by 1.5 million deaths per year in India, when compared to conditions…
