Environment & Climate

"I am often asked why public health should care about the role of the court and who sits on it. The answer is simple: Court rulings can support or overturn policies that dramatically affect the public’s health."

Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Mental Health, Chronic Disease, Community Safety

After learning about a Vietnam veteran who moved into his car after Hurricane Harvey, volunteers from the Texas Gulf Coast jumped in to help him clean up his home.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Housing and Homeslessness, Community Safety

A growing body of research over the past decade has begun to tease out the ways the experience of geography and discrimination affect physiology and health. Neighborhood conditions, access to healthy food, the experience of race and class — such forces can influence everything from average lifespan