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class="c-card__figure c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-card__image c-image__image lazyload" alt="A glass of dirty water stands on a kitchen counter near a sink. A blurred person in a pink shirt is in the background" width="1200" height="800" data-expand="200" data-parent-fit="width" data-src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HPH_KFF_Water-bond-California_f.jpg" srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HPH_KFF_Water-bond-California_f-50x33.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 480px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(33vw - 64px), calc(25vw - 48px)" data-srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HPH_KFF_Water-bond-California_f.jpg 1200w, https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HPH_KFF_Water-bond-California_f-750x500.jpg 750w" src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HPH_KFF_Water-bond-California_f-50x33.jpg" /> </figure> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <div class="t-story-tag c-card__meta-primary"> Ideas</div> <h3 class="t-display-variable c-card__title" id="p-67464d4761252-title"> <a class="c-card__link" data-js="target-link" href="https://harvardpublichealth.org/environmental-health/can-a-10-billion-climate-bond-address-californias-water-problem/">Can a $10 billion climate bond address California’s water contamination problem?</a> </h3> <div class="t-display-variable c-card__subtitle"id="p-67464d4761252-subtitle"> Tucked in the bond on the November ballot is an earmark to improve drinking water quality.</div> </div> </article> <article class="c-card has-target-link c-card--type-post c-card--style-stacked-3up" data-js="use-target-link"> <div class="c-card__media"> <figure class="c-card__figure c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-card__image c-image__image lazyload" alt="Cars parked alongside a facility in Memphis. There are multiple grey cooling rowers on the roof. A green field and fence are in the foreground of the image." width="1200" height="799" data-expand="200" data-parent-fit="width" data-src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HarvardPublicHealth_xAI_Memphis-MLK50_F2.jpg" srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HarvardPublicHealth_xAI_Memphis-MLK50_F2-50x33.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 480px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(33vw - 64px), calc(25vw - 48px)" data-srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HarvardPublicHealth_xAI_Memphis-MLK50_F2.jpg 1200w, https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HarvardPublicHealth_xAI_Memphis-MLK50_F2-750x499.jpg 750w" src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HarvardPublicHealth_xAI_Memphis-MLK50_F2-50x33.jpg" /> </figure> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <div class="t-story-tag c-card__meta-primary"> Opinion</div> <h3 class="t-display-variable c-card__title" id="p-67464d476854e-title"> <a class="c-card__link" data-js="target-link" href="https://harvardpublichealth.org/environmental-health/xai-memphis-project-owes-city-more-than-promises-on-environment/">It’s not too late for Elon Musk to take Memphis’s environmental health seriously</a> </h3> <div class="t-display-variable c-card__subtitle"id="p-67464d476854e-subtitle"> So far, he’s not doing much more than moving fast and breaking things.</div> </div> </article> <article class="c-card has-target-link c-card--type-post c-card--style-stacked-3up" data-js="use-target-link"> <div class="c-card__media"> <figure class="c-card__figure c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-card__image c-image__image lazyload" alt="A woman in an orange reflective vest, baseball cap and mask, carries a bag of green apples to a black pick-up truck." width="1200" height="800" data-expand="200" data-parent-fit="width" data-src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HPH_Grist_FoodBanks_f.jpg" srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HPH_Grist_FoodBanks_f-50x33.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 480px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(33vw - 64px), calc(25vw - 48px)" data-srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HPH_Grist_FoodBanks_f.jpg 1200w, https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HPH_Grist_FoodBanks_f-750x500.jpg 750w" src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HPH_Grist_FoodBanks_f-50x33.jpg" /> </figure> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <div class="t-story-tag c-card__meta-primary"> Feature</div> <h3 class="t-display-variable c-card__title" id="p-67464d476f449-title"> <a class="c-card__link" data-js="target-link" href="https://harvardpublichealth.org/environmental-health/food-banks-are-an-unlikely-line-of-defense-during-heat-waves/">Food banks are an unlikely line of defense during heat waves</a> </h3> <div class="t-display-variable c-card__subtitle"id="p-67464d476f449-subtitle"> Food pantries and meals-on-wheels organizations are taking on a new role during climate emergencies.</div> </div> </article> </div> <footer class="b-post-loop__footer"> <a class="a-cta a-cta--with-arrow is-text-only" href="https://harvardpublichealth.org/environmental-health/">More in Environmental Health<i class="icon icon-arrow-right"></i></a> </footer> </div> </section> <section class=" c-block b-post-loop b-post-loop--columns-3 b-post-loop--has-overline" > <div class="l-container"> <header class="b-post-loop__header"> <h2 class="b-post-loop__overline c-block__overline" > Equity</h2> <div class="b-post-loop__cta"> <a class="a-cta a-cta--with-arrow is-text-only" href="https://harvardpublichealth.org/equity/">More in Equity<i class="icon icon-arrow-right"></i></a> </div> </header> <div class="b-post-loop__content"> <article class="c-card has-target-link c-card--type-post c-card--style-stacked-3up" data-js="use-target-link"> <div class="c-card__media"> <figure class="c-card__figure c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-card__image c-image__image lazyload" alt="Illustration: Rows of grey and orange houses with green wifi-internet symbols on the right side juxtaposed with grey and solitary red houses with no internet on the left." width="1200" height="848" data-expand="200" data-parent-fit="width" data-src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HarvardPublicHealth_digital-redlining_digitaldivide_f.jpg" srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HarvardPublicHealth_digital-redlining_digitaldivide_f-50x35.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 480px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(33vw - 64px), calc(25vw - 48px)" data-srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HarvardPublicHealth_digital-redlining_digitaldivide_f.jpg 1200w, https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HarvardPublicHealth_digital-redlining_digitaldivide_f-750x530.jpg 750w" src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HarvardPublicHealth_digital-redlining_digitaldivide_f-50x35.jpg" /> </figure> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <div class="t-story-tag c-card__meta-primary"> Opinion</div> <h3 class="t-display-variable c-card__title" id="p-67464d4777271-title"> <a class="c-card__link" data-js="target-link" href="https://harvardpublichealth.org/equity/bridging-the-digital-divide-is-a-prescription-for-health-equity/">Digital redlining perpetuates health inequity. Here’s how we fix it.</a> </h3> <div class="t-display-variable c-card__subtitle"id="p-67464d4777271-subtitle"> Not all internet service is created equal, especially for marginalized communities.</div> </div> </article> <article class="c-card has-target-link c-card--type-post c-card--style-stacked-3up" data-js="use-target-link"> <div class="c-card__media"> <figure class="c-card__figure c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-card__image c-image__image lazyload" alt="Gail LeBoeuf and Barbara Washington stand at a podium. New Orleans buildings and a large tree are visible in the background." width="1200" height="800" data-expand="200" data-parent-fit="width" data-src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HarvardPublicHealth_Cancer_Alley_f.jpg" srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HarvardPublicHealth_Cancer_Alley_f-50x33.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 480px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(33vw - 64px), calc(25vw - 48px)" data-srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HarvardPublicHealth_Cancer_Alley_f.jpg 1200w, https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HarvardPublicHealth_Cancer_Alley_f-750x500.jpg 750w" src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HarvardPublicHealth_Cancer_Alley_f-50x33.jpg" /> </figure> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <div class="t-story-tag c-card__meta-primary"> Feature</div> <h3 class="t-display-variable c-card__title" id="p-67464d477dbba-title"> <a class="c-card__link" data-js="target-link" href="https://harvardpublichealth.org/equity/black-residents-in-cancer-alley-try-legal-defense-to-curb-pollution/">Black residents in Cancer Alley try what may be a last legal defense to curb toxic pollution</a> </h3> <div class="t-display-variable c-card__subtitle"id="p-67464d477dbba-subtitle"> In St. James Parish, Louisiana, a zoning ordinance divides industrial development along racial lines.</div> </div> </article> <article class="c-card has-target-link c-card--type-post c-card--style-stacked-3up" data-js="use-target-link"> <div class="c-card__media"> <figure class="c-card__figure c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-card__image c-image__image lazyload" alt="A two-lane highway on a wooded road outside Durham, North Carolina. The road has no sidewalks." width="1200" height="800" data-expand="200" data-parent-fit="width" data-src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HPH_KFF_Cheek_Road-w-1200x800.jpg" srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HPH_KFF_Cheek_Road-w-50x33.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 480px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(33vw - 64px), calc(25vw - 48px)" data-srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HPH_KFF_Cheek_Road-w-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HPH_KFF_Cheek_Road-w-1560x1040.jpg 1560w, https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HPH_KFF_Cheek_Road-w-750x500.jpg 750w, https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HPH_KFF_Cheek_Road-w.jpg 1600w" src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HPH_KFF_Cheek_Road-w-50x33.jpg" /> </figure> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <div class="t-story-tag c-card__meta-primary"> Feature</div> <h3 class="t-display-variable c-card__title" id="p-67464d478434c-title"> <a class="c-card__link" data-js="target-link" href="https://harvardpublichealth.org/equity/a-boys-bicycling-death-haunts-a-black-neighborhood/">A boy’s bicycling death haunts a Black neighborhood. 35 years later, there’s still no sidewalk.</a> </h3> <div class="t-display-variable c-card__subtitle"id="p-67464d478434c-subtitle"> “Local government takes money from the neighborhood but does not invest in it.”</div> </div> </article> </div> <footer class="b-post-loop__footer"> <a class="a-cta a-cta--with-arrow is-text-only" href="https://harvardpublichealth.org/equity/">More in Equity<i class="icon icon-arrow-right"></i></a> </footer> </div> </section> <section class=" c-block b-post-loop b-post-loop--columns-3 b-post-loop--has-overline" > <div class="l-container"> <header class="b-post-loop__header"> <h2 class="b-post-loop__overline c-block__overline" > Global Health</h2> <div class="b-post-loop__cta"> <a class="a-cta a-cta--with-arrow is-text-only" href="https://harvardpublichealth.org/global-health/">More in Global Health<i class="icon icon-arrow-right"></i></a> </div> </header> <div class="b-post-loop__content"> <article class="c-card has-target-link c-card--type-post c-card--style-stacked-3up" data-js="use-target-link"> <div class="c-card__media"> <figure class="c-card__figure c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-card__image c-image__image lazyload" alt="A male Kenyan doctor show a birth control packet to a female patient at a clinic in Nairobi." width="1200" height="800" data-expand="200" data-parent-fit="width" data-src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HarvardPublicHelath_global-gag-rule_f.jpg" srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HarvardPublicHelath_global-gag-rule_f-50x33.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 480px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(33vw - 64px), calc(25vw - 48px)" data-srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HarvardPublicHelath_global-gag-rule_f.jpg 1200w, https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HarvardPublicHelath_global-gag-rule_f-750x500.jpg 750w" src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HarvardPublicHelath_global-gag-rule_f-50x33.jpg" /> </figure> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <div class="t-story-tag c-card__meta-primary"> Feature</div> <h3 class="t-display-variable c-card__title" id="p-67464d478befb-title"> <a class="c-card__link" data-js="target-link" href="https://harvardpublichealth.org/global-health/global-gag-rule-back-and-forth-upends-public-health-in-kenya/">How the U.S. election has an outsized effect on global reproductive health</a> </h3> <div class="t-display-variable c-card__subtitle"id="p-67464d478befb-subtitle"> U.S. politics harm women by tying health workers’ hands, even in countries where abortion care is legal.</div> </div> </article> <article class="c-card has-target-link c-card--type-post c-card--style-stacked-3up" data-js="use-target-link"> <div class="c-card__media"> <figure class="c-card__figure c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-card__image c-image__image lazyload" alt="Microscopic image of a mpox virus particle in an infected cell." width="1200" height="800" data-expand="200" data-parent-fit="width" data-src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HPH-mpox_undark_f.jpg" srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HPH-mpox_undark_f-50x33.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 480px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(33vw - 64px), calc(25vw - 48px)" data-srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HPH-mpox_undark_f.jpg 1200w, https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HPH-mpox_undark_f-750x500.jpg 750w" src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HPH-mpox_undark_f-50x33.jpg" /> </figure> </div> <div class="c-card__content"> <div class="t-story-tag c-card__meta-primary"> Opinion</div> <h3 class="t-display-variable c-card__title" id="p-67464d47920c4-title"> <a class="c-card__link" data-js="target-link" href="https://harvardpublichealth.org/global-health/mpox-offers-another-chance-to-confront-vaccine-inequity/">Mpox offers another chance to confront vaccine inequity</a> </h3> <div class="t-display-variable c-card__subtitle"id="p-67464d47920c4-subtitle"> Expanding vaccine manufacturing in Africa could address longstanding disease control problems.</div> </div> </article> <article class="c-card has-target-link c-card--type-post c-card--style-stacked-3up" data-js="use-target-link"> <div class="c-card__media"> <figure class="c-card__figure c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-card__image c-image__image lazyload" alt="A hand holds seven Tuberculosis (TB) medication pills at a health care clinic in Delhi, India." width="1200" height="800" data-expand="200" data-parent-fit="width" data-src="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/HarvardPublicHealth_TB-india_f.jpg" srcset="https://harvardpublichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/HarvardPublicHealth_TB-india_f-50x33.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 1680px) 480px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(33vw - 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