Living near Coldwater Creek—a Missouri River tributary north of St. Louis that was polluted by nuclear waste from the development of the first atomic bomb—in childhood in the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s was associated with an elevated risk of cancer, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Harvard Chan School’s Marc Weisskopf spoke to Anderson Cooper about the current threats to his research on ALS in veterans, and to scientific and health research across the country.
In the wake of the cancellation of federal grant funding for more than 130 researchers at Harvard Chan School, faculty, staff, and students are speaking out about the havoc enveloping the School.