On March 20, The Drexel Climate Change and Urban Health Research Center (CCUH) was formally launched in an event held at the Dornsife School of Public Health. Funded by a multi-million dollar grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Science, the CCUH will support research to help protect the growing urban populations of the world from the adverse health and equity effects of climate change.
As more migrants risk their lives seeking refuge in the U.S. and face increasingly harsh border policies, not enough attention is paid to how immigrant policies affect the well-being of immigrants who have legal status in the U.S.
A newly published study from the SALURBAL group finds that increases in fine particulate air pollution were associated with increases in death from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in adults in 337 cities across nine countries in Latin America.
A recent SALURBAL study published in Applied Geography sheds light on the relationship between neighborhood greenness and mental health and depression in cities across Mexico.
