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Meta Gifts $1.75 Million to UMD to Boost Environmental Justice and Health Equity Initiatives
A $1.75 million gift from Meta (formerly Facebook) to the Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health (CEEJH) in the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health will significantly bolster the group’s ability to advance environmental justice across the United States. The g...View Article Details for Meta Gifts $1.75 Million to UMD to Boost Environmental Justice and Health Equity Initiatives -
COVID-19 Virus is Evolving to Get Better at Becoming Airborne, New Study Shows
Results of a new study led by the University of Maryland School of Public Health show that people infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 exhale infectious virus in their breath – and those infected with the Alpha variant (the dominant strain circulating at the time this study was conducted) pu...View Article Details for COVID-19 Virus is Evolving to Get Better at Becoming Airborne, New Study Shows -
UMD Part of New National Initiative that Taps Barbers and Stylists to Help Address Vaccine Hesitancy
Washington, D.C., June 2, 2021 – President Biden today announced the formation of a White House-backed partnership between the University of Maryland’s Maryland Center for Health Equity, the Black Coalition Against COVID and the beauty and personal care brand SheaMoisture to recruit 1,000 Black-owne...View Article Details for UMD Part of New National Initiative that Taps Barbers and Stylists to Help Address Vaccine Hesitancy -
$2.5 M Gift Funds Influenza and COVID-19 Prevention Research
Getting ready to ditch your mask as the percentage of the U.S. population vaccinated against COVID-19 steadily rises? Not so fast, warns Dr. Donald Milton, professor of applied environmental health at the University of Maryland and a leading expert on how viruses spread through the air.View Article Details for $2.5 M Gift Funds Influenza and COVID-19 Prevention Research -
UMD Joins CommuniVax Rapid Research Coalition to Engage Communities in an Equitable COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign
The University of Maryland School of Public Health has joined CommuniVax, a new research coalition funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to strengthen the community’s role and involvement in an equitable vaccination campaign. The CommuniVax coalition is led by the Johns Hopkins Center for Healt...View Article Details for UMD Joins CommuniVax Rapid Research Coalition to Engage Communities in an Equitable COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign -
Report: Pandemic Exposes Educational Equity Challenges
Children and families across Maryland and throughout the United States are grappling with the challenges and necessity of virtual learning required by the Covid-19 pandemic. But Black, Latino, and low-income children face starker difficulties and may be at risk of falling behind or disengaging from ...View Article Details for Report: Pandemic Exposes Educational Equity Challenges