Tag: health
COVID-19 has spurred investments in air filtration for K-12 schools –...
Mark Thomas Hernandez, University of Colorado Boulder
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought increased attention to indoor air quality and...
Mixed-ancestry genetic research shows a bit of Native American DNA could...
Diane Xue, University of Washington and Hanley Kingston, University of Washington
Since the human genome was first mapped, scientists...
What’s in wildfire smoke? A toxicologist warns there are lots of...
Luke Montrose, Boise State University
Something unusual happened this year in Idaho. Fire and health officials began issuing warnings...
Too few women get to invent – that’s a problem for...
Rem Koning, Harvard Business School
MacArthur Genius and MIT professor Linda Griffith has built an epic career as a...
School nurses have a big job – is 1 for every...
Beth Jameson, Seton Hall University
When many people think of a school nurse, they imagine a person who hands...
Weight stigma is a burden around the world – and has...
Rebecca Puhl, University of Connecticut
Lazy. Unmotivated. No self-discipline. No willpower.
These are just a few...
Ending food insecurity in Native communities means restoring land rights, handing...
Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, Oklahoma State University
For Indigenous people in the U.S., food is considered a sacred gift....
Wildfires are contaminating drinking water systems, and it’s more widespread than...
Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University
More than 58,000 fires scorched the United States last year, and 2021 is on...