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LISTEN: Laura Diaz on how social and environmental stress impact children’s health

Environmental Health News

Laura Diaz joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the intersection of social and environmental stressors on children’s health. It had it was there that I met Karna Wong, and she's a faculty at Sonoma State University, and she absolutely changed my life. Laura Diaz I'm doing okay.

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Springtime Infectious Diseases: From Spring Fever to Lyme Disease

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Changes in temperature and precipitation influence biotic and abiotic environments, disease vectors and hosts, and human behavior, including the amount of time spent outdoors (1). Skin rashes may also be present, as may lymphadenopathy. Erythema migrans are present in 75% of cases and are usually neither pruritic nor painful.

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LISTEN: Mokshda Kaul on making the clean energy transition work for all

Environmental Health News

Mokshda Kaul joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the clean energy transition and how policymakers and other leaders can avoid mistakes of the past. Nothing changed in my life, honestly speaking. And my entire presentation actually was about the shale oil boom. Kaul, a Ph.D. Kaul, a Ph.D.

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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.

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Rural water utilities in North Carolina are still reeling from Helene

NC Health News

The landscape along the creeks and mountainsides has been forever changed. Everyone has had to adjust to these changes and more, even as they’ve dealt with similar problems at home. Meanwhile, crews continue playing whack-a-mole as aging lines break. It’s hard enough dealing with the present.