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Opposing fracking cost one Colombian activist her mental health. She’s fighting to win it back.

Environmental Health News

Yuvelis Natalia Morales Blanco, a Colombian environmental advocate, received her first death threat at 19. Our mindset changed. Yuvelis, you’re invited to join the public hearing on fracking.” Public safety was nonexistent. To read a version of this story in Spanish click here. It wasn’t a playful thing anymore.

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New York City reports the year’s first human cases of West Nile virus

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported the year’s first human cases of West Nile virus, in four city residents, on Monday. The four people with West Nile virus disease live in Manhattan and Queens.

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Can We Predict Our Ability to Conceive?

BU School of Public Health Blog

Many experts attribute this decline to educational, economic, and social factors that have slowed teen birth rates and prompted a growing trend in delayed childrearing until older ages. The web-based preconception cohort study is the largest of its kind worldwide, following thousands of individuals ages 21-45 who are trying to conceive.

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LISTEN: Pradnya Garud on the role of unions in climate justice

Environmental Health News

Pradnya Garud joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the role of unions in climate and environmental justice. The Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast is a biweekly podcast featuring the stories and big ideas from past and present fellows, as well as others in the field.