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SPH This Week.
July 14, 2024
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HEALTH LAW
Jonathan Levy, George Annas, Jonathan Buonocore, and Elizabeth McCuskey discuss the public health implications of the recent Supreme Court decision that significantly curtailed the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they administer. Read more.
RESEARCHMegan Cole and R. Chris Sheldrick lead the evaluation arm of the new TEAM UP Scaling and Sustainability Center, an expansion of the Boston Medical Center-based TEAM UP initiative, which integrates mental health services into pediatric primary care practices to increase access to this critical care among structurally marginalized populations. Learn more. |
RESEARCHA first-of-its-kind study led by Mary Willis suggests that living within six miles of active oil and gas production may lead to depressive symptoms during the preconception period, raising concerns about the environmental risk factors that this understudied population faces. Learn more. |
PUBLIC HEALTH POST
Swimming lessons are a key protector against drowning, but unequal access leaves some children more vulnerable than others, writes PHP fellow Abby Varker. Read more.
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For at least the predictable future, public health leaders will have to work harder in Congress to produce clear rules for protecting our health and safety.
GEORGE ANNAS
WILLIAM FAIRFIELD WARREN DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR, ON SUPREME COURT UPENDING CHEVRON DOCTRINE
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RESEARCH
A new study led by Marcia Pescador Jimenez suggests that reducing systolic blood pressure below the clinically safe threshold of 120 mmHg over time may produce slight health-protective benefits against late-life dementia and help reduce racial and ethnic disparities in both hypertension and hypertension control. Read more.
PUBLIC HEALTH POSTNail salon technicians are constantly exposed to harmful chemicals, which can have a profound impact on their cognitive health and well-being, writes PHP fellow Heather Sherr. Read more. |
PODCASTIn this episode of C2: Critical Conversations that Lie at the Heart of Justice, Monica Wang, discusses how technology has changed lives across all generations and how it can be used to change our health, for better and for worse. She also examines digital redlining and health misinformation as two facets of technology that affect youth health. Listen to the podcast. |
In the Media.
SALON
Quotes Sarah Preis, research associate professor of biostatistics.
BOSTON GLOBE
Quotes Davidson Hamer, professor of global health.
NEW YORK TIMES
Quotes Jennifer Stowell, climate and health research scientist in the Department of Environmental Health.
FORTUNE
Commentary cowritten by alum Lauryn Claassen (SPH'18).
NPR
Quotes Amruta Nori-Sarma, assistant professor of environmental health.
STAT
Commentary by Eugene Declercq, professor of community health sciences.
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