Mailman School of Public Health5
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Greener Ways to Keep Cool During a Heat Wave
The world is warming and our air conditioners are making it worse. Here are some less energy-intensive ways to survive the rising heat.
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“No Time for Delay” On Climate and Public Health, Doctors Warn
At meeting in mid-March, doctors, climate scientists, and global health specialists discussed how to tackle the health threats that climate change carries with it.
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Tracking Respiratory Infections in NYC, With or Without Symptoms
There’s a lot we don’t know about respiratory viruses and how they spread. A study currently underway seeks to unravel these mysteries, in part by studying people who are healthy enough to be walking around in Manhattan.
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Planting a Park on the Cross-Bronx Expressway Would Save Money and Lives
Public health researchers run the numbers on creating a park on top of a section of the highway, finding it a worthwhile investment for community health.
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Jeffrey Shaman: What Makes the Flu Spread?
The onset of flu season each year comes as no surprise. But what is surprising is that we don’t know exactly how the flu spreads. Jeffrey Shaman is working on that.
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Track Mosquitoes with your Smartphone
Using crowd-sourced data, the Bitebytes app can educate the public on mosquitoes, the diseases they transmit, and mosquito habitat control, while allowing cities to target key areas to help control the potential for the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.