Environmental Health

Breast Cancer

Does Using Hair Relaxers Cause Higher Breast Cancer Risk for Black Women?

POV

How Getting COVID-19 Made Me a Better Public Health Researcher

Environmental Health

In the Northeast, Improved Walking and Bicycling Infrastructure Could Save Hundreds of Lives, Billions of Dollars

Environmental Policy

Three Key Takeaways from President Biden’s Rapid Movement on Climate Policy

Fracking

What Is Biden’s Stance on Fracking?

Vaping

Vaping Could Make You 40 Percent More Likely to Get Respiratory Disease

Conservation Cost

Map of US Land Value Reveals Interplay of Climate Change, Conservation Efforts, Real Estate, and Environmental Values

Voices and Opinion

No Matter Who Wins, Election 2020 Is Turning Point for Environmental Health

DEATH TOLL

Analysis Finds True US Pandemic Death Toll Is Much Higher Than 200,000

Deforestation

Why Combating a Pandemic Is 500 Times More Expensive Than Preventing One

Racism & Cognitive Health

Experiencing Racism May Damage Memory, Cognition

Climate Action

Joe Biden’s $2 Trillion Climate Plan? BU Scientists Weigh In

Environmental Health

Do Air Pollution and Ambient Noise Raise Dementia Risk?

Climate Change and Health

Ticks and Mosquitoes, Infectious Disease Carriers, Are Expanding Their Range

Structural Racism

Police Brutality Influenced by Residential Segregation, Not “a Few Bad Apples”

Distancing During Coronavirus

Google Data Reveals Which Policies Best Promote Physical Distancing

Coronavirus Research

BU Scientists Awarded $1.9 Million to Accelerate Coronavirus Research

Coronavirus on the Border

As Coronavirus Exploded in Boston, BU Class Trip to US-Mexico Border Grappled with Evolving Ethics

Return to Campus Labs

BU Unveils First Phase of Campuswide Research Recovery Plan

Data

How Data Science Could Revolutionize Population Health