NYU Langone Health Experts Respond to Air Quality Concerns from Canadian Wildfire Smoke

How Poor Air Quality Impacts Health, According to a Doctor
CBS News – June 7
-Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP, the Jim G. Hendrick, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, professor, Department of Population Health

Here’s How to Ensure You Get the Best Air Purifier for Wildfire Smoke
CBS News – June 8
-Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP, the Jim G. Hendrick, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, professor, Department of Population Health

How to Protect Yourself from Wildfire Smoke Haze
The Associated Press – June 8
-Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP, the Jim G. Hendrick, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, professor, Department of Population Health

Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke
NY1 “Live at Ten” – June 7
-Jonathan Newman, MD, MPH, the Eugene Braunwald assistant professor of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology

New York University Study Shows Poor Air Quality Could Be Affecting Commuters, Too
CBS New York – June 8
-David Luglio, MS, doctoral student, Department of Medicine, Division of Environmental Medicine

Think NYC Air Quality Is Bad on the Street? Try the Subway Station.
Gothamist – June 8
-Antonio Saporito, BS, doctoral student, Department of Medicine, Division of Environmental Medicine
-David Luglio, MS, doctoral student, Department of Medicine, Division of Environmental Medicine

Pregnant Women and Newborns at Risk From Wildfire Smoke, Experts Warn
The Messenger News – June 8
-Akhgar Ghassabian, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, and Population Health

Advocacy Group Calls Smoke Situation in U.S. a Human Rights Violation
The Messenger News – June 8
-Akhgar Ghassabian, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, and Population Health

How to Protect Yourself from Wildfire Smoke
EveryDay Health – June 8
-Purvi S. Parikh, MD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, and Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology

Additional News from NYU Langone Health

My Teenage Weight Loss Surgery Saved My Life – And I’m Not Alone
New York Post – June 8
-Jun Tashiro, MD, MPH, assistant professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital

Nadia Ovchinsky, MD: IBAT Inhibitors for Alagille Syndrome
HCP Live – June 5
-Nadia Ovchinsky, MD, member of the faculty, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Aerodigestive Eosinophilia May Be an Endotype of Severe Uncontrolled Asthma
Healio Allergy/Asthma – June 8
-Jessica L. Erkman, NP, pediatric pulmonology, Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital

Compassion, Culture Key to Treating Alcohol Use Disorder in Black Women
Healio Psychiatry – June 9
-Ayana Jordan, MD, PhD, the Barbara Wilson Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, associate professor, Department of Population Health

Study: Experimental Cancer Drug May Slow Heart Disease-Related Inflammation
UPI – June 8
-Letizia Amadori, PhD, senior research scientist, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology

Experimental Cancer Drug Slows Inflammation in Animal Models of Heart Disease
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News – June 8
-Letizia Amadori, PhD, senior research scientist, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology

Experimental Cancer Drug May Slow Atherosclerosis Linked to Heart Disease
Technology Networks – June 9
-Letizia Amadori, PhD, senior research scientist, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology

Experimental Cancer Drug May Slow Inflammation Linked to Heart Disease
Medical Xpress – June 8
-Letizia Amadori, PhD, senior research scientist, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology
-Chiara Giannarelli, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, and Department of Pathology

ASCO in Review: Oncologists See Practice-Changing, Affirming Data
BioSpace – June 8
-Elaine Shum, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Perlmutter Cancer Center

Emotional Switchboard in Mouse Brain Reveals Infanticide Trigger
Neuroscience News – June 8
-Long Mei, PhD, the Leon Levy Foundation postdoctoral fellow, Neuroscience Institute
-Dayu Lin, PhD, professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Physiology, Neuroscience Institute

Five Reasons You're Always Burping
This story was picked up by news websites across the country.
Huff Post – June 9
-Lisa Ganjhu, DO, clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology