Media Coverage: Public Health
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.
By Stephanie Joyce,
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.
By Victoria Colliver,
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.
By Rae Ellen Bichell,
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.
By Diana LaScala-Gruenewald,
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...
By Brendan P. Bartholomew,
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.
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...
By Bobby Magill and Climate Central,
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.
By Jason Bittel,
Cleaning Poop from Drinking Water »
Interviews Woods Senior Fellows Stephen Luby and Jenna Davis and Woods Research Associate Amy Pickering about their work with the Lotus Water Project.
By Lauren Farrar,
Woods Senior Fellow Gretchen Daily (Biology) discusses her research on how nature can improve well-being.
By Brian Lehrer,
Is It Safe to Go to the Beach? »
Woods Senior Fellow Alexandria Boehm tests for bacteria in samples of sand from beaches, and provides tips for beachgoers to reduce their risk of exposure to dangerous pathogens.
How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain »
Features research co-authored by Woods Senior Fellow Gretchen Daily (Biology) about how a walk in nature affects the brain.
By Gretchen Reynolds,
How Giant Prawns Could Fight Tropical Disease and Poverty »
Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Giulio De Leo (Humanities and Sciences) and Woods Affiliate Susanne Sokolow on their research using prawns to fight Schistosomiasis in Senegal.
By Ed Young,
River Prawn Becomes New Weapon Against Schistosomiasis »
Discusses research findings from Woods Senior Fellow Giulio De Leo (Biology), Woods Affiliate Susanne Sokolow and other researchers on using prawns to fight Schistosomiasis in Senegal.
By Faith Lapidus,
Discusses research, co-authored by Senior Fellow Gretchen Daily (Biology) on the mental health benefits of time in nature
By Helen Briggs,
How Walking in Nature Prevents Depression »
Features research on nature's effect on rumination co-authored by Senior Fellow Gretchen Daily
By Olga Khazan,
New Research Suggests Nature Walks Are Good for Your Brain »
Discusses research co-authored by Senior Fellow Gretchen Daily
By Chris Mooney,
Stanford Researchers Rethink Sanitation System for Urban Slums »
Features dry toilet and related service system developed by researchers affiliated with Woods' Water, Health & Development Program
By Susana Mendoza,
Human Price of Forest Destruction Paid in Plague »
Senior Fellow James Holland Jones (Anthropology) discusses the need to study disease mechanisms to better understand how diseases are being transmitted to humans.
By Niina Heikkinen and ClimateWire,
Restoring Threatened Mussels To Freshwater Could Cut E. Coli Contamination »
Cites research findings by Senior Woods Fellow Alexandria Boehm (Engineering), Senior Woods Fellow Richard Luthy (Engineering), and Niveen Ismail, a Stanford graduate student in environmental engineering, that mussels can remove...
By Puneet Kollipara,
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