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Taxonomy Archive: health surveillance
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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NWS Heat Safety Tips
North American summers are hot; most summers see heat waves in one or more parts of the United States. Heat is one of the leading weather-related killers in the United States, resulting in hundreds of fatalities each year and even more heat-related illnesses. This website is designed to inform you about the health dangers of […]
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.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change may have helped spread Zika virus, according to WHO scientists
The outbreak of Zika virus in Central and South America is of immediate concern to pregnant women in the region, but for some experts the situation is a glimpse of the sort of public health threats that will unfold due to climate change.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Could climate change be the culprit in spread of Zika virus?
The Zika virus sweeping across South America may be only one of several long-dormant infections that will resurface in coming years because of climate change and deforestation, says a Johns Hopkins University neurologist now leading research efforts in Colombia, one of the countries hardest hit by the disease. According to Dr. Carlos ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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El Nino and climate change—contributing factors in the dispersal of Zika virus in the Americas?
In their letter, Isaac I Bogoch and colleagues anticipated the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil through air traffic. Permissive climatic conditions for Aedes mosquitoes might have contributed to the explosive spread of Zika virus in Brazil. In fact, the 2015 El Niño caused exceptional climatic conditions in ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate and Health Program Publications
A collection of climate and health program publications including, climate vulnerability assessments, climate and disease assessments, climate intervention plans and assessments, climate adaptation plans, and climate project evaulation plans
20 Apr 2018 |
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Older People and Climate Change: Vulnerability and Health Effects
Climate change has the potential to affect the environment in a number of ways that place increased stress on everyone, but disproportionately on the most vulnerable populations, including the young, the old, those with chronic illness, and the poor. Older people are among the most at risk because of decreased mobility resulting from ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate and Health Profile
Increasing levels of greenhouse gases, particularly during the past century, have been associated with rising global average temperatures, extreme temperatures, and heat waves. At the same time, other climatic changes in New York State (NYS) have included increased frequency and duration of extreme weather events and coastal storms, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Study Quantifies Climate-Change-Related Deaths
A study in Environmental Research Letters suggests a fifth of premature deaths during a 2003 heatwave in Europe are linked to human-caused climate change. “We are now able to put a number on the deaths caused by climate change in a heat wave,” said lead author Daniel Mitchell of the University of Oxford. “This has […]