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20 Apr 2018 |
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A Sting Exclusive: “Climate change- the biggest global health threat of the 21st century, yet overlooked in climate negotiations?” IFMSA wonders from COP21 in Paris
Leading medical journal, The Lancet, has named climate change the “biggest global health threat of the 21st century”. All the while this cross cutting issue does not receive much attention. IFMSA has set out on a mission to inform negotiators, press, fellow youth representatives, and everyone else who will listen, how we will ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Africa: Over 43 Million Africans Face Extreme Poverty Due to Climate Change By 2030
This brief article presents the potential impacts of climate change on the health and economic wellness of African populations. It covers the World Bank projections regarding the climate change impacts in 2030.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Another View: Fracking threatens our children’s health
This brief opinion piece appeared in the Sacramento Bee in August 2015 discussing the health impacts associated with fracking on children. The piece advocates for renewable and clean energy alternatives.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Blame Zika on Climate Change
On Feb. 1, the World Health Organization declared the spread of Zika virus across Latin America a “public health emergency of global concern.” Zika is a mosquito-borne virus related to the dengue and yellow fever viruses. In most cases, infection by Zika has no symptoms, which means the disease is usually not diagnosed. Only 20 ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The climate connection: Nurses examine effects of climate change on public health
When Katie Huffling, MS, RN, CNM, worked as nurse midwife in the Washington, D.C., area, she noticed on days with elevated pollution levels that mothers-to-be with previously controlled asthma came into her office wheezing and struggling for breath, putting themselves and the fetuses they were carrying at risk. Huffling adjusted ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate action will make our cities safer
In Arlington County, as with much of the country, climate change has turned up the heat. Our residents are feeling the effects. And when it comes to taking action on climate to protect our communities, we are not waiting.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Report: Climate Change Already Affecting Americans’ Health
Climate change from human causes is already having negative health effects on humans, according to to a report released by the U.S. Global Change Research Program.According to the Climate and Health Assessment report, human-induced climate change is endangering our health by affecting “our food and water sources, the air we breathe ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Report: climate change will make wildfires worse
A rash of wildfires have burned across parts of the southwestern U.S. at an alarming frequency early in the 2016 fire season, and a new report suggests climate change is partly to blame.There are now more large fires burning across the region than at any time in the past 40 years, and the area being […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change campaigners welcome China’s plan to halve meat consumption
Climate change campaigners have welcomed new guidelines which urge Chinese consumers to eat 50 per cent less meat, even though food experts say enticing the country’s growing urban middle classes away from beef and pork will be a huge challenge.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change is making poison oak stronger
Higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the air can encourage more plant growth, especially for poison oak.