South side resident and advocate Esperanza Gutierrez (left) and former Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers environmental health staffer Iris Gonzalez call the initiatives that came to life in ...

Environmental Health is a science that focuses on understanding how the environment affects human health in order to prevent illness and promote well-being. How does the environment affect our health?

The past few years have witnessed a societal reckoning with income, class, and racial disparities, particularly as they relate to health and well-being. A number of multisector collaborations with a ...

When the federal government shuts down, images of furloughed workers and closed museums and monuments dominate the headlines. But hidden beneath these surface disruptions are quieter, more insidious ...

PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” exposure creates challenges for human health, the environment and climate change.

Public health practitioners play an integral role in every community. Whether you’re a graduate student, practicing professional or aspiring public health worker, you may benefit from formal public ...

The Philadelphia Climate Justice Collective (PCJC), facilitated by The Environmental Collaboratory (TEC) at Drexel University, has published a report intended to guide the city’s climate change ...

Kayla Missman specializes in making complicated topics more approachable. She has eight years of experience in journalism, editing and marketing, allowing her to dive into interesting topics and ...

The results of a study looking at the cumulative health and environmental impact of industries mainly along Delaware County riverfront communities found poorer outcomes for those who lived there. The ...

Before climate justice was a dominant topic, the residents of Warren County took a stand and risked their lives to show that their environment mattered. In 1978, the Ward Transformer Company was found ...