US Climate and Health Alliance

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Apr 2018

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Strategies to Protect Health in a Changing Climate

New York State is working in many ways to address climate change and protect New Yorkers. By working on initiatives and programs which collect and analyze data, New York State is assessing impacts of climate change to better understand, improve, and protect our health. Below are links to statewide, regional, and local initiatives ...

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Apr 2018

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Climate & Health

The Climate-Ready NC program is part of a national public health effort to anticipate and prepare for human health effects related to global and local climate change. Climate-Ready NC is supported by the Climate-Ready States & Cities Initiative of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Climate and Health External ...

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Apr 2018

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2015 Climate Change and Health Resiliency Report

Funded by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) Climate Change Program is part of a national effort to anticipate and prepare for human health effects related to global and local climate change. CDC’s Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) framework is ...

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Apr 2018

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Climate Change in Vermont

In the winter of 2016, Morse Farm Maple Sugar Works tapped its trees on January 31, the earliest day in the East Montpelier farm’s 148-year history. Sugarmaker Tom Morse explained to reporters that the trees were ready about three weeks “too early,” catching he and his fellow sugarmakers across the state off guard. Vermont was ...

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Apr 2018

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Wisconsin Climate and Health Profile Report

In 2012, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health (BEOH) was awarded a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) project grant to study and prepare for anticipated climatic effects on the public’s health. The ...

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Apr 2018

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6 Ways Climate Change Harms Health in California

Our health and climate are inextricably linked. From polluted air quality to shrinking food and waters supplies, communities across California—and around the world—are already experiencing climate change’s harmful health impacts. The looming effects upon California’s communities, particularly those that are ...

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Apr 2018

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Documenting the Human Health Impacts of Climate Change in Tropical and Subtropical Regions

Climate change is harming human health, and the magnitude of the harm is increasing. This is especially true in tropical and subtropical regions that are vulnerable to greater intensity, frequency, and duration of extreme weather, such as hurricanes, drought, and increases in heat, as a result of climate change. Nearly all countries ...

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Apr 2018

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The physician’s response to climate change

Climate change will have an effect on the health and well-being of the populations cared for by practicing physicians. The anticipated medical effects include heat- and cold-related deaths, cardiovascular illnesses, injuries and mental harms from extreme weather events, respiratory illnesses caused by poor air quality, infectious ...

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Apr 2018

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Views of AAAAI members on climate change and health

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology members are witnessing medical problems caused by climate change among their patients. They support physician leadership on environmental sustainability, advocacy by physicians and their associations, and education for themselves, their patients, the public, and undergraduate ...

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Apr 2018

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A survey of African American physicians on the health effects of climate change

The U.S. National Climate Assessment concluded that climate change is harming the health of many Americans and identified people in some communities of color as particularly vulnerable to these effects. In Spring 2014, we surveyed members of the National Medical Association, a society of African American physicians who care for a ...

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