Public Health

A Transcript of Jill Stein’s Meeting with The Washington Post Editorial Board

Cites research by Mark Jacobson showing that metrics of health would improve with phase out of fossil fuels.
August 25, 2016 - By Post Opinions Staff, Washington Post

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Why Snails Are One of the World's Deadliest Creatures

Interview with Susanne Sokolow regarding freshwater snails that carry a parasitic disease called schistosomiasis.
August 13, 2016 - By Elizabeth Shockman, PRI - Science Friday

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A Creative Approach to Controlling a Deadly Snail

Profile of ecological disease intervention initiative that received early funding from the Stanford Woods Institute’s Environmental Venture Projects seed grant program.
July 29, 2016 - By Elizabeth Shockman, Science Friday (PRI)

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News coverage of BPA study

Jennifer Hartle, a 2015 fellow with Woods' Rising Environmental Leaders Program, led research that puts to rest any lingering doubt about whether eating canned food increases exposure to a chemical linked to diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other health effects.
June 29, 2016 - By , UPI, CNN, KQED, Forbes

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The Bugs That Live On and Around Us

Woods-affiliated Assistant Professor of Bioengineering Manu Prakash narrates video on microscopic views of insects.
March 18, 2016 - By Amanda Schaffer, The New Yorker

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Living On Top Of Forgotten Oil And Gas Wells

Senior Fellow Rob Jackson (earth system science) explains how "plugged" gas wells can still leak methane at various levels.
February 9, 2016 - By Stephanie Joyce, Inside Energy

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Zika Fears Spur Rash of Calls to Clinics About Travel Safety

Senior Woods Fellow Michele Barry and Woods Affiliate Desiree LaBeaud discuss the risks of Zika transmission to pregnant women.
February 6, 2016 - By Victoria Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle

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Chikungunya, A Mosquito-Borne Virus, Might Be Scarier Than We Thought

Quites Desiree LaBeaud, a Woods-affiliated associate professor of pediatrics, on spread of virus that can cause debilitating joint pain.
December 2, 2015 - By Rae Ellen Bichell, NPR

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Monterey-Based Researchers Use Nature to Fight Skin-Burrowing Parasites

Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Giulio De Leo (Biology) and Woods Affiliate Susanne Sokolow on their research using prawns to fight Schistosomiasis in Senegal.
September 17, 2015 - By Diana LaScala-Gruenewald, Monterey County Weekly

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Lyme-like Disease Bacteria Found in Peninsula

Discusses a recent study led by Dan Salkeld, a research scientist at Colorado State University and former lecturer at Stanford, which found a surprising level of tick-borne disease risk on local trails. Salkeld started the research while at the Stanford Woods Institute.
August 27, 2015 - By Brendan P. Bartholomew, SF Examiner

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High Risk of Tick-Borne Diseases on Bay Area Trails

Discusses a new study co-authored by Senior Woods Fellow Eric Lambin on surprising levels of tick-borne disease in the Bay Area.
August 24, 2015 - By , NBC Bay Area

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EPA Moves to Cut Methane Leaks from Oil and Gas

Woods Senior Fellow Robert Jackson (Earth System Science) discusses the importance of new rules meant to help combat climate change by curbing methane emissions from new hydraulically fractured crude oil wells and natural gas pipelines and other infrastructure
August 18, 2015 - By Bobby Magill and Climate Central, Scientific American

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Killer Snails Vs. River Prawns

Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Giulio De Leo (Biology) and Woods Affiliate Susanne Sokolow on their research using prawns to fight Schistosomiasis in Senegal.
August 3, 2015 - By Jason Bittel, onEarth / Natural Resources Defense Council

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