Most women in the United States do not meet the recommendations for healthful nutrition
and weight before and during pregnancy. Women and providers often ask what a healthy …

A robust body of evidence shows that air pollution exposure is detrimental to health
outcomes, often measured as deaths and hospitalizations. This literature has focused less …

We combine new data from high-frequency surveys with data on the stringency of
containment measures to examine the short-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on …

The grassroots movement that placed environmental justice issues on the national stage
around 1980 was soon followed up by research documenting the correlation between …

This article reviews the global health and economic consequences of the 1918 influenza
pandemic, with a particular focus on topics that have seen a renewed interest because of …

We build on and extend the findings in Case and Deaton (2015) on increases in mortality
and morbidity among white non-Hispanic Americans in midlife since the turn of the century …

A growing body of research has made it increasingly apparent that adverse childhood
experiences (ACEs) are a critical public health issue. ACEs are potentially traumatic …

In 2005 a large earthquake struck northern Pakistan. Exposure to the earthquake was
plausibly exogenous to household and individual characteristics, and households received …

That prenatal events can have life-long consequences is now well established.
Nevertheless, research on the fetal origins hypothesis is flourishing and has expanded to …

BACKGROUND For centuries, thinkers have considered whether and how climatic
conditions influence the nature of societies and the performance of economies. A …