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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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