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Building community power amid climate and housing crises

Amber Khan, the 2025 DEOHS Outstanding PhD Student, studies how to keep low-income renters safe during and after disasters

| Deirdre Lockwood

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Our future in the balance

New UN report warns the deteriorating condition of the global environment imperils health unless we act now  

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Close encounters

DEOHS professor studies how MRSA infection can be transmitted between humans and animals

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A global partnership for child health

DEOHS collaborates on a new project to study the cognitive impact of environmental toxicants on Kenyan children

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Air pollution and autism

New DEOHS study shows how exposure to air pollution early in life may lead to autism

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Can Roundup cause cancer?

New study from DEOHS researchers finds exposure to commonly used weed killer increases risk of some cancers

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Photo of Roundup herbicide product. Photo via Alamy.

Can Roundup cause cancer?

New study from DEOHS researchers finds exposure to commonly used weed killer increases risk of some cancers

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