We sequenced the genomes of 5,085 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) strains causing two coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease waves in …

Despite numerous legal interventions intended to mitigate racial discrimination in the United
States, racial inequality persists in virtually every domain that matters for human well-being …

Rising temperatures that occur in cities resulted in the urban heat island (UHI) which could
also amplify the thermal heat stress, leading to climate-related human mortality. Our study …

How is it that America's cities remain almost as segregated as they were fifty years ago? In
Race Brokers, Elizabeth Korver-Glenn examines how housing market professionals …

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a major human pathogen responsible for high morbidity and
mortality rates. The emergence and spread of strains resistant to multiple antimicrobial …

The history of the US housing market is bound up in systemic, explicit racism. However, little
research has investigated whether racial inequality also persists in the contemporary …

Since the beginning of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
pandemic, there has been international concern about the emergence of virus variants with …

The record-breaking rainfall produced by Hurricane Harvey resulted in catastrophic and
prolonged impacts on Houston's transportation infrastructure, inundating entire …

Extreme heat is a significant public health challenge in urban environments that
disproportionally impacts vulnerable members of society. In this research, demographic …

Extreme weather is increasing in scale and severity as global warming worsens. While
poorer communities are typically most vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change …