2025 News

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Columbia Mailman Launches Climate & Health Center

February 26, 2025

The Center for Achieving Resilience in Climate and Health (C-ARCH) will serve as a “solutions lab” to build resiliency to health impacts of climate change.

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Floods Linked to Rise in U.S. Deaths from Several Major Causes

January 6, 2025

Study in Nature Medicine reveals potential deadly effect of large floods on injuries, infectious diseases, and other causes

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Taking The Lead In Crisis

January 13, 2025

Columbia Mailman has long worked to help communities faced with humanitarian crises. Today, with wars raging across the planet, millions of people displaced by economic upheaval and climate crisis.

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Severe Weather and Major Power Outages Increasingly Coincide Across the U.S.

January 22, 2025

Nationwide patterns of severe events provide crucial data for hazard response and mitigation

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Environmental Health Scientist Forges Connections in Chile

March 17, 2025

Robbie Parks builds bridges between Mailman and chilean universities in a quest for public health innovation

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Climate Change May Lead to Rising Arsenic Levels in Paddy Rice, Increasing Health Risk

April 16, 2025

Climate change may significantly impact arsenic levels in paddy rice, a staple food for millions across Asia.

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Environmental Health Scientists at Leading Universities Launch Video Series

April 22, 2025

Researchers explain why their research to uncover environmental threats matters while offering practical information on how we can safeguard our health.

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Columbia Mailman Honors Frederica Perera’s Contributions to Children’s Environmental Health

April 29, 2025

Dean Linda P. Fried honored Perera, an emeritus professor in Environmental Health Sciences, with the inaugural Dean’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Global Study Finds Trust of Climate Scientists Split Across Political Spectrum

May 7, 2025

The 26-country study reveals a consistent gap in trust toward climate scientists based on political ideology.

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Heat-Health Plans Overlook Mental Health Risks

May 28, 2025

Around the world, only about one in five plans for extreme heat include mention of interventions to address mental illness.

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