Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Wellington Onyenwe joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss using an environmental justice lens in looking at chemical exposure, and his passion for food and cooking. Onyenwe, a current fellow and a Health Scientist, Environmental Toxicologist and Public Health Emergency Responder at the U.S.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 22, 2025

This study builds on previous research by the agency and reported by NC Health News , which found PFAS in pants and jackets worn by firefighters who battle structure fires. Those studies also included stress tests on the garments meant to evaluate how PFAS would react as the protective gear aged and the chemicals coating the gear degraded.

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HEALTHBEAT

AUGUST 19, 2024

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. Eliza Fawcett is a reporter covering public health in New York City for Healthbeat.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 4, 2025

And in an age when the idea of safe drinking water weighs heavy on North Carolinians whose water sources are contaminated by PFAS, what Poler said he has to offer could perhaps not come soon enough for consumers. The post UNC Charlotte chemist develops purification system that removes PFAS appeared first on North Carolina Health News.

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BU School of Public Health Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

The American College of Epidemiology and Society of Epidemiologic Research (SER) have both recently called for greater representation of Latino epidemiologists in public health, noted Pescador Jimenez and her colleagues in their proposal for the educational alliance.

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KFF Health News

JANUARY 10, 2025

John’s Physician Partners , una clínica de atención primaria y pediátrica afiliada a Providence Health & Services, según informó Patricia Aidem, vocera de la gran cadena de hospitales católicos con sede en Renton, Washington. No lejos del extremo este del incendio de Palisades, Providence St.

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International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

JANUARY 17, 2021

From medical registers, we were able to extract some information on the lifecourse development, from birth through to reproductive age, of the parents. The findings also suggest that improvements in prenatal care that reduce the occurrence of adverse birth outcomes might be beneficial to the health of subsequent generations.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Folate Helps Protect Against Lead's Neurotoxic Effects An October 2024 study published in the Environmental Health Perspectives journal 2 found that supplementing with folic acid, a synthetic version of folate, during pregnancy helps mitigate lead's neurotoxic effects. Hence, the U.S.

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Gideon

MARCH 18, 2021

Doxycycline, Ceftriaxone, Amoxicillin, and Cefuroxime can be used as a treatment, with dosage, route, and duration varying according to patient age and the nature and severity of the disease. It is important to contact a health professional before attempting to remove a tick. Rarely, other organs may become involved. e55-e55, 2001.

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CSTE

MARCH 29, 2023

CSTE celebrates March 2023 as Womens History Month As Womens History Month comes to a close, CSTE is featuring Alice Hamilton, the first female epidemiologist and a pioneer in industrial health and safety. We are pleased to celebrate the importance of women in occupational health and epidemiology. Bureau of Labor.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 7, 2025

While climate coverage often focuses on heat, its health impacts have a broader audience appeal. With primary care doctors ranked as the most trusted source of information on these health effects, medical professionals have a unique opportunity to educate the public about the far-reaching health impacts of our changing environment.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Laura Diaz joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the intersection of social and environmental stressors on children’s health. So particulate matter is linked to negative health outcomes, and one of them that you focus on is mitochondrial dysfunction. Diaz, a current fellow and a Ph.D.

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Environmental Health News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

PITTSBURGH — More than a year after the Pennsylvania Department of Health published three studies linking fracking to cancer and other health effects, advocates say the agency failed to keep promises to help residents living near fracking wells.

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NC Health News

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Division of Public Healths environmental health specialists wouldnt approve use of this water for the Verner Centers two facilities. I went to the Director of the [North Carolina Department] Division of Health and Human Services for the state. Department of Health and Human Services and N.C. But the N.C.

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Frontiers

AUGUST 4, 2021

One of Taiwan’s leading medical research institutions, the National Health Research Institutes (NHRI), and the open-access publisher Frontiers have today announced a publishing deal effective as of August 2021. By default, eligible articles are articles by corresponding authors affiliated with the National Health Research Institutes.

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

While there are many risk factors — including increased age, obesity, alcohol use and genetics — the World Health Organization estimates roughly half of breast cancer cases are in women with no known risk factors. Many researchers have started pointing to hazardous environmental chemicals as potential culprits.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In an interview, Morales Blanco, the daughter of a fisherman, details her fight to stop fracking in Puerto Wilches and nationwide, her struggles with mental health following years of persistent threats and violence, and the lack of recognition and institutional support available to environmental leaders.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 31, 2025

Nearly 6,500 people were told to flee their homes in the middle of the night for their health and safety. The company also violated Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards related to its storage of ammonium nitrate. Did the fire affect health? Businesses in the area were forced to close for several days.

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Environmental Health News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

A fragrance of freshly cut grass fills the air as the sharp, yet stochastic sound of aged shovels heaving compost is overpowered by the laughter of elementary school children. As food deserts grew, the problem was ignored, silently affecting the health and well-being of countless Atlantans. But producing food is just the first step.

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HEALTHBEAT

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Its 19 authors hailed from all over the world and represented a variety of fields, including biology, environmental health, and pest control. New York has kind of been in the dark ages in terms of trash management for a long time, but things are changing in a way that I think is really positive.

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Environmental Health News

JANUARY 8, 2025

I also spoke with dozens of formerly incarcerated people who explained that the physical and mental suffering they endured in prisons from both environmental and social factors left them in much worse shape than before their sentences. Prisons are particularly vulnerable to heat exposure due to their aging infrastructure.

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Mercola

MARCH 3, 2025

According to a major study published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) by the Consortium for Childrens Environmental Health, these diseases now rank among the leading causes of illness and death for young people. 3 If you look at these numbers, its clear that what was once unusual is now becoming disturbingly common.

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HEALTHBEAT

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This is an alert, an alarm, but I don’t think there’s a need to panic,” said Chuanwu Xi, a professor of environmental health sciences and of global public health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health who has researched the growth of Legionella bacteria.

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International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The World Health Organization’s latest global air quality guidelines point out that indoor air pollution causes a health burden that mostly affects people in low- and middle-income countries. We found that solid fuels used for cooking or heating are a potential mediator between socioeconomic factors and health status.

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Environmental Health News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

But I'm very curious about what kind of impacts does this have on the worker, their family, their like, emotional health, their like support system, and if they're moving, they're probably moving to like a job that doesn't pay as much. I think it's these bunch of different things that have come together to this moment of like who I am.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Mamavation community members asked us these questions about their favorite electrolyte products to protect their families from the potential health impacts of these chemicals. Disclosure: This consumer study is released in partnership with Environmental Health News. These chemicals are linked to serious health effects.

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BU School of Public Health Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

school news SPH Plugs In: Our Favorites This Fall Members of the SPH community share recommendations for the books, films, podcasts, and other content that has resonated with them as they study, research, and practice public health. For peers who share her interest in women’s health, she recommends the documentary podcast Bodies.

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National Council on Urban Indian Health

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

On October 31, 2024, the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) submitted written comments in response to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) Announcement of Solicitation of Written Comments on Proposed Healthy People 2030 Objectives.

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International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Evaluation of this risk–benefit relationship has become an important public health concern because more than 91% of the global population lives in areas where air quality fails to meet the 2005 World Health Organization guidelines. Her research interests focus on the health effects of air pollution on non-communicable diseases.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 16, 2025

One reason chikungunya gets so little respect is that the size of its potential health and its economic burden have been underestimated. Authors of a recent study published in BMJ Global Health sought to raise its profile by publishing the first global assessment of chikungunyas global burden. Nearly all U.S.

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HEALTHBEAT

MARCH 7, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free New York City newsletter here. With measles cases on the rise in the United States, public health experts in New York are encouraging vaccination against the highly contagious virus. Both cases involved unvaccinated infants, who have since recovered. But outbreaks are rare.

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BU School of Public Health Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

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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Environmental Health News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The findings raise concerns about the long-term health impacts of pesticides on children, particularly in agricultural regions, and add to growing evidence that pesticide exposure contributes to childhood cancer, including retinal cancer (retinoblastoma). 12, 2025] in GeoHealth.

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NC Health News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention compiled by the United Health Foundation shows that in 2022 roughly 88 percent of the North Carolina population was served by fluoridated community water systems. Department of Health and Human Services as the new secretary under President Donald Trump. Kennedy Jr.,

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NC Health News

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Meanwhile, crews continue playing whack-a-mole as aging lines break. The post Rural water utilities in North Carolina are still reeling from Helene appeared first on North Carolina Health News. Another one gave way in rural Yancey County on Nov. 19, sending a geyser dozens of feet into the air.

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KFF Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients. But Brown called them “lucky,” with enough health insurance or money to see a doctor. Research shows Black youth ages 1 to 17 are 18 times as likely to suffer a gun homicide as their white counterparts.

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The Hill

JANUARY 6, 2025

The meta-analysis published in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics was supported by and conducted on behalf of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences under the National Institutes of Health. The US Public Health Service recommends a fluoride concentration of 0.7 population. Kennedy Jr., water supply.

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