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20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change Vulnerability in Contra Costa County: A Focus on Heat
There is widespread scientific consensus that the impacts of climate change on human health are already being observed, and are becoming increasingly significant. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) all recognize climate ...
20 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 ...
20 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 ...
20 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 ...
20 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 ...
20 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 ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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American Thoracic Society and Marron Institute Report Estimated Excess Morbidity and Mortality Caused by Air Pollution above American Thoracic Society–Recommended Standards, 2011–2013
Estimates of the health impacts of air pollution are needed to make informed air quality management decisions at both the national and local levels. Using design values of ambient pollution concentrations from 2011–2013 as a baseline, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the Marron Institute of Urban Management estimated excess ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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More Mosquito Days Increasing Zika Risk in U.S.
Hot and humid summer weather across the U.S. brings with it the rise of the mosquito season, and this year the threat of the Zika virus makes that more than a minor nuisance. Mosquito species found in the Lower 48 states are known to transmit this disease, thriving in tropical and subtropical climates. As the […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate influence on Vibrio and associated human diseases during the past half-century in the coastal North Atlantic
Long-term ecological and paleontological data analyses indicate climate change is having an impact on marine eukaryotic communities. However, little is known about effects of global warming on marine prokaryotes, which are, by far, the largest living biomass in world oceans. Here, we report, for the first time to our knowledge, that ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Heat vulnerability in Phoenix, Arizona: Health outcomes, sensitivity, exposure, and coping capcity at the neighborhood scale
Vulnerability to heat hazards is on the rise in cities. Heat hazards appear at the intersection of seasonally hot climates, summer heat waves, and sity-specific urban heat islands, and are exacerbated by localized climate change effects. Urban heat waves linked to global and regional climate change have been shown to have inceased in ...