According to the Commonwealth Fund1 (CF), the effect of climate change on health breaks down into six main categories: physical health, mental health, costs, equity, access, and quality.2 The floods, heat wave(s), hurricanes, and wildfires, etc. that we have seen over the last several months in the United States exact a devastating toll on communities, as well … Continued

Introduction For Maki Inada, receiving the news that her lung cancer had recurred amidst a global pandemic was almost too much to bear.1 Living in upstate New York where she teaches biology at Ithaca University, Maki knew that she was in for a brutal commute when she was directed to the world-famous Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in … Continued