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Child Gun Injury Risk Spikes When Children Leave School for the Day

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Health Law, Policy & Management

Playing the Long Game: A Conversation on Policy, Power, and Justice with Alum Alyssa Benalfew-Ramos

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The Inequitable Distribution of Urban Trees

in Environmental Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes doctoral student Paige Brochu

Tagged: trees, urban health

Racism’s deadly effects on US roads: Walking, biking are drastically more dangerous for some Americans

in Environmental Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes Matthew Raifman, doctoral student in environmental health

Tagged: Environmental Health, health inequities, racism, traffic deaths, transportation, urban health, urban populations

BU Today

How to Address the Legal and Social Justice Challenges Raised by Mass. And Cass Crisis

in Epidemiology, SPH In the Media

Mentions Benjamin Linas, associate professor of epidemiology

Tagged: social justice, urban health

Boston Globe

City of Boston Cannot Sustain Ongoing Mass. And Cass Encampments

in Epidemiology, SPH In the Media

Quotes Benjamin Linas, associate professor of epidemiology

Tagged: urban health

World Socialist Web Site

Boston Authorities Clearing Homeless Encampment despite Protests by ACLU, Public Health Experts

in Epidemiology, SPH In the Media

Mentions Benjamin Linas, associate professor of epidemiology

Tagged: community, urban health

Washington Post

Exposure to Extreme Urban Heat Has Tripled Worldwide since the 1980s, Study Finds

in Environmental Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes Koen Tieskens, postdoctoral associate of environmental health

Tagged: climate, climate change, urban health

Boston Globe

What Our Simulation Models Project Will Happen after Boston Dismantles Mass. And Cass Encampments

in Epidemiology, SPH In the Media

Article co-written by Benjamin Linas, associate professor of epidemiology

Tagged: community, urban health

Scientific American

Population Density Does Not Doom Cities to Pandemic Dangers

in Biostatistics, COVID-19, Global Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes Brooke Nichols, assistant professor of global health; and Laura White, associate professor of biostatistics

Tagged: coronavirus, covid-19, infectious disease, population health, urban health, urban populations

Grist

Parks Combat Summer Heat. but Not Everyone Has Equal Access.

in COVID-19, Environmental Health, SPH In the Media

Quotes Gregory Wellenius, professor of environmental health

Tagged: access to care, coronavirus, covid-19, infectious disease, urban health, urban populations

Independent

Minority Communities Will Be Hit Hardest by Killer Heat Across US, Data Show

in Environmental Health, SPH In the Media

References study co-authored by Gregory Wellenius, professor of environmental health

Tagged: climate, climate change, health disparities, urban health, urban populations

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