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Victoria A. Lopez (right), an MPH student, explains how the wearable temperature sensor on her left arm works to a potential study participant at a restaurant in Chelsea.
extreme heat

Sweating for Science: SPH Measures Heat Where Bostonians Work, Play, and Live

covid-19

Child Tax Credit Increased Food Security, Stable Housing among Young Children, but Many Eligible Families Didn’t Receive It

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Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Suicides Down 29 Percent Worldwide; US Up 30 Percent

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

References study co-authored by Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences, and Emily Rothman, associate professor of community health sciences

Tagged: guns, suicide

Futurity

More Policing Alone Can’t Stop Gun-Related Deaths

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Bindu Kalesan, assistant professor of community health sciences

Tagged: guns, health disparities, health inequities, life expectancy, police shootings, suicide

Fortune

These Holidays, a Reminder That the Health of the Many Depends on the Health of the Few

in SPH In the Media

Opinion by Dean Sandro Galea

Tagged: addiction, guns, health disparities, health inequities, opioids, poverty, social determinants of health, social justice, social welfare, suicide

Vox

The Trump Administration Just Banned Bump Stocks for Guns

in Community Health Sciences, Epidemiology, SPH In the Media

References study co-authored by Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences, and Craig Ross, research assistant professor of epidemiology

Tagged: guns

New York Daily News

Gun Deaths Skyrocket to Highest Rate in 40 Years: CDC

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

References study co-authored by Bindu Kalesan, assistant professor of community health sciences, and Dean Sandro Galea

Tagged: guns, health disparities, health inequities, life expectancy

Global Post

Can Better Mental Health Care Help Prevent US Mass Shootings?

in Health Law, Policy & Management, SPH In the Media

Quotes David Rosenbloom, professor of health law, policy & management

Tagged: guns, mental health

BU Today

Gun-Related Deaths Have Decreased Overall American Life Expectancy

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Bindu Kalesan, assistant professor of community health sciences

Tagged: guns, health disparities, health inequities, life expectancy

Ebony

Report: Gun Violence Cuts Over 4 Years of Black Americans’ Life Expectancy

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Bindu Kalesan, assistant professor of community health sciences

Tagged: guns, health disparities, health inequities, life expectancy

Washington Post

The Worst of America in One Number

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

References study co-authored by Bindu Kalesan, assistant professor of community health sciences, and Dean Sandro Galea

Tagged: guns, health disparities, health inequities, life expectancy

WUNC

Gun Deaths in the US Are Cutting Black Life Expectancy By 4 Years

in Community Health Sciences, SPH In the Media

Quotes Bindu Kalesan, assistant professor of community health sciences

Tagged: guns, health disparities, health inequities, life expectancy

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