The scourge of COVID-19 exposed the lack of readiness of our local populace facing a pandemic at a scale not seen in a century.
Amid the chaos of the coronavirus outbreak, the San Antonio Area Foundation swiftly moved to amass…
New York, NY (May 19, 2023) -- Today, the Ad Council Research Institute (ACRI) released results of a year-long study aimed at taking a pulse check of the social issues Americans care most about, the actions they take on behalf of those…
The exhibition is on view from March 28 through Sept. 2 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s main building in Washington, D.C. It is organized by Leslie Umberger, curator of folk and self-taught art, and Virginia Mecklenburg,…
By Megan Avakian A traditional biomass-burning stove used in Puno, Peru, called a fogón, in which women typically burn wood, dung, and crop residue. (Photo courtesy of Kendra Williams) Exposure to household air pollution (HAP)…
Musa Kana, M.D., Ph.D., an African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI) fellow at NIEHS, is investigating how environmental and social factors interact to affect health over the course of the lifespan. Kana is one of 10 African…
Which foods are the healthiest, and which cause us harm? Its been debated long before paleo, low-carb and sugar-busting entered our lexicon. But even staples of healthy diets like fish and fruit may be harmful in higher…
ABOVE: Deanna Hence. TOP: High hazard dams in the United States by age projected to 2025. Credit: Paulina Concha Larrauri, Upmanu Lall, and Mohammad Amin Hariri-Ardebili
It’s no secret that big environmental problems tend to…
Eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in the South Pacific on January 14, 2022, one day prior to the larger eruption plume that would significantly impact…
Héctor Beltrán is the author of the new book, "Code Work: Hacking Across the U.S./México Techno-Borderlands," published by Princeton University Press. Credit:…