One of the most impactful statements I have heard in trying to understand how racism affects our world is “Racism is not the shark, it’s the water.” When I was…
Like so many other families during the pandemic, we tried to seek refuge in our own yard. This was particularly important for us to be able to visit with my…
Asthma is a disease in which the breathing tubes become very inflamed and can become obstructed by mucus and spasm down, narrowing the airways and making it almost impossible to…
Es muy importante entender que la “comunidad latina” o la “comunidad hispana” en los Estados Unidos es un grupo muy diverso, que incluye personas con ascendencia africana, asiática, nativa y…
The more I practice medicine, the more I see how important air pollution is to my patients’ health. It can be hard to help people understand the impact of pollution…
El Dr. Alejandro Díaz es profesor asistente de medicina en la Escuela de Medicina de Harvard, donde enseña español médico, y médico científico que estudia imágenes pulmonares en el Brigham…
Dr. Alejandro Diaz is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, where he teaches medical Spanish, and a physician–scientist studying lung imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He…
We have study after study showing the harms of traffic related air pollution and its health and economic toll. We also have studies showing hope with sensible public policy and…
This podcast is airing while catastrophic wildfires are raging over the entire West Coast, and many of us have been living in air quality that is beyond the air toxics…
My kids started school last week. Normally, this is the week we would see school buses filling our streets carrying children every morning and afternoon. These are not normal times…