UC Berkeley Public Health

What does it take to reduce urban gun violence?

A new Vallejo Sun article explores why some Bay Area cities have made greater progress than others—and highlights insights from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health Professor Jason Corburn, who argues that lasting solutions require regional collaboration, transparency, accountability, and sustained investment in community-based violence prevention.

At UC Berkeley Public Health, Corburn's work continues to advance a public health approach to preventing gun violence—one that addresses root causes, strengthens communities, and builds healthier, safer cities.

Read the story: https://www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-has-struggled-to-reduce-gun-violence-what-do-other-bay-area-cities-do-differently/

Vallejo has struggled to reduce gun violence. What do other Bay Area cities do differently? Cities across the Bay Area have deployed successful strategies to reduce gun violence, while homicides in Vallejo remain elevated.

According to a new study led by UC Berkeley Public Health postdoctoral scholar Lisa Couper, warming temperatures from climate change are making California increasingly hospitable to the dengue virus and the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmit it.

Although local transmission has historically been rare, areas in Southern California and the Central Valley are approaching optimal temperatures for the virus to thrive and circulate. Consequently, public health researchers expect cases of this painful illness to grow as the state's urban environments become more climate-suited for the disease.

https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/articles/spotlight/research/as-california-warms-cases-of-dengue-fever-are-expected-to-grow

As California warms, cases of dengue fever are expected to grow A warming climate is making parts of the state more hospitable to the dengue fever — and the mosquitoes that carry it.