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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 -
The Happiness Effect
Our Happiness and Wellness Initiative shares "Some Good News" from the SPH and our extended community. You can submit your own good news by email to: happyandwell@umd.edu. This story was written by Nina Branwell '23.View Article Details for The Happiness Effect -
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 -
$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 -
Study of Flu Transmission Provides More Evidence That Respiratory Viruses Spread via Air
A new publication in PLoS Pathogens by an international team of investigators shows that flu virus might spread via air rather than through contact and large droplet spray, as commonly thought. A large part of the evidence about how respiratory illnesses like COVID-19 are transmitted comes from rese...View Article Details for Study of Flu Transmission Provides More Evidence That Respiratory Viruses Spread via Air -
Increases in Asthma Hospitalizations in Maryland Linked To Climate Change and Earlier Spring Onset
Climate change affects the timing of spring and is leading to an increase in asthma hospitalizations , according to a new study led by Amir Sapkota of the University of Maryland School of Public Health. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), is the first to p...View Article Details for Increases in Asthma Hospitalizations in Maryland Linked To Climate Change and Earlier Spring Onset