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Poverty
Children assemble for morning prayers after schools reopen with full capacity following their closure due to COVID-19.

How COVID Increased Childhood Obesity in India

by Puja Changoiwala

The consequences of the rise in childhood obesity include type 2 diabetes and asthma

Urbanization
Black mold covers the ceiling of a home in New Orleans, Louisiana. The landlord moved the tenant from her apartment into another one in the same complex with similar issues.

Obstacles to Healing Asthma

by Amal A. Abdi, Lydia Haile

The link between disparities in housing, access to care, and respiratory health among Black Americans

A man exercises in a park on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, on November 9, 2017.
Environment

Every Breath We Take

by Michael Brauer, Susan Anenberg

Air pollution is a pernicious threat linked to millions of deaths each year

Researcher Marina Soloviecika holds tubes of a deadly strain of E.coli isolated during an outbreak in Riga, Latvia on June 9, 2011. Many other types of bacteria live safely in or on the human body. The image shows a few testtubes filled with liquid that has a very distinctive purple “lid.” The researcher can be seen blurred out in the background. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
Food

What are Microbiomes and Probiotics?

by Sandra B. Munro, Andy McShea

The first in a series on bacteria in the gut and their potential for improving health and addressing malnutrition