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You may have heard rumors that “rainbow fentanyl,” or fentanyl pills that have been dyed to look like candy, might be lurking in your child’s basket this Halloween. You may even be planning to inspect your child’s hard-earned candy in order to discard anything that looks suspicious. And while there are many health-related reasons to limit your child’s intake of sugar this Halloween, public health experts say the rumors are unfounded and there is no reason to believe that anyone is planning to disguise the profitable black-market medication to distribute to trick-or-treaters.

ALBANY, N.Y. (Oct. 28, 2022) - Professor Shao Lin from the Department of Environmental Health Sciences has been awarded $1.5 million from the National Institute on Aging to study weather extremes, natural disasters, and health outcomes among vulnerable older adults.

ALBANY, N.Y. (Oct. 26, 2022) – In a recent commentary published in the Annals of Bioethics and Clinical Applications, David Hoffman of the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior calls for collective action to address the shortcomings of the mental health care system in the U.S.

A collection of the University at Albany's School of Public Health research from October 2022.

The School of Public Health has received $1.5 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to enhance the public health workforce, with a special focus on preparing individuals to address health disparities and social determinants of health, especially in underserved populations.

Kai Zhang of the Environmental Health Sciences Department recently published a study in Science of the Total Environment on the potential of low-cost air quality sensors to allow researchers to get accurate readings for air quality monitoring.

On Oct. 17-18, UAlbany will host the Healthy Aging Symposium — an opportunity for faculty from UAlbany and SUNY Poly CNSE to share research and discover the breadth of aging-centered projects underway at both institutions.

ALBANY, N.Y. (October 6, 2022) – Many researchers have made attempts to understand why Black women in the U.S. face disproportionately high rates of pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality. Most studies have focused on risk factors occurring during pregnancy, but a recent paper from Betty Lin and Allison Appleton argues that we should be looking much farther back, to intrauterine and early life development, in order to understand the complete picture.