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Most New England states don’t track ‘heat-related’ deaths.

Most New England states don’t track ‘heat-related’ deaths. Experts say that’s a problem.“The reality is we don’t have an accurate, data-driven system,” said Francesca Dominici.

Why Wildfire Smoke Is Bad For Your Health

Here’s what you need to know about wildfire smoke, including plumes blowing to the south from Canada, and how to protect yourself

NIEHS Papers of the Month- July 2023

Benefits of lower air pollution vary by racial identity and income

Cleaner Air Helps Everyone. It Helps Black Communities a Lot.

A new study quantified the benefits of pollution reduction in terms of race and class.

NSAPH Researchers' Work Included in 2022 NIEHS Papers of the Year!

Of nearly 3,300 publications by NIEHS researchers and grantees in 2022, institute leaders selected 32 as Papers of the Year. Among these, 3 papers include lead authors and co-authors in this group. Congratulations to Robbie Park, Joel Schwartz, Leila Kamareddine, Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou! The papers are:
  1. Parks RM, Benavides J, Anderson GB, Nethery RC, Navas-Acien A, Dominici F, Ezzati M, Kioumourtzoglou MA. 2022. Association of tropical cyclones with county-level mortality in the US. JAMA 327(10):946–955.
  2. Burnor E, Cserbik D, Cotter DL, Palmer CE, Ahmadi H, Eckel SP, Berhane K, McConnell R, Chen JC, Schwartz J, Jackson R, Herting MM. 2021. Association of outdoor ambient fine particulate matter with intracellular white matter microstructural properties among children. JAMA Netw Open 4(12):e2138300.
  3. Jbaily A, Zhou X, Liu J, Lee TH, Kamareddine L, Verguet S, Dominici F. 2022. Air pollution exposure disparities across US population and income groups. Nature 601(7892):228–233.

Spending Time in Nature may Protect Against the Risk of Dementia

Older adults who lived in an area with more green space had a lower rate of hospitalization for Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, a large study showed.

New York Times: Even Low Levels of Soot Can Be Deadly to Older People

According to research conducted by Drs. Dominici, Zanobetti, Braun, Scwartz, & Wu, if federal rules for allowable levels of fine soot had been slightly lower, as many as 143,000 deaths could have been prevented over the course of a decade.

ABC News: Disparities in Air Pollution Exposure in Communities of Color

According to recent NSAPH research, marginalized communities in the U.S. - particularly those with a high concentration of people of color - are more likely to be exposed to air pollution, the fifth-highest risk factor of global mortality.

Congrats to Xiao Wu who was selected for Forbes 30 under 30 in Healthcare!

 

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Press Release

Wildfire smoke may have contributed to thousands of extra COVID-19 cases and deaths in western U.S. in 2020

Wildfire smoke linked to higher COVID-19 death rates

National Geographic: A new study finds 2020 wildfires may have caused more than 19,000 COVID-19 cases and 700 deaths.

Hidden Toll of the Northwest Heat Wave: Hundreds of Extra Deaths

The New York Times: Hidden Toll of the Northwest Heat Wave: Hundreds of Extra Deaths

Featured in National Geographic!

Francesca Dominici Featured in April’s 2021 National Geographic Cover Story

Air Pollution's Invisible Toll on Your Health

Check out our group's work featured in The New York Times! Link to the published paper: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.050252