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20 Apr 2018 |
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Infectious Diseases—Changing Planet
With the threat of a warmer, wetter world and a larger global population, scientists are researching how climate change may impact the spread of infectious diseases, such as cholera and dengue fever, and how outbreaks may be prevented.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change: The Cost of Inaction
This short video produced by the US Environmetnal Protection Agency presents the environmental and health impacts of climate change. The Earth’s climate is changing at an unprecedented rate. Climate change is already having impacts on people’s lives across the country. It’s affecting many things that people care ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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New Ways Climate Change Will Affect Public Health
Climate change is a disaster for so many reasons, but now there are more coming to light that directly affect public health. John Iadarola, host of ThinkTank, delivers his Final Judgment on the health impacts of global warming.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Study: Climate change can affect the spread of infectious diseases
A new study from Texas State University aimed to answer that question by finding the connection between climate change and viruses like Zika and West Nile. Dr. Yongmei Lu, a professor in the Department of Geography at Texas State, concluded the study just before Zika became a well-known world headline. However, it focuses on other ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change as a Public Health Issue
Last month, anthrax made an appearance in northern Russia when a 75-year-old caribou carcass that was infected with the bacteria thawed and came into contact with locals. We talk to a guest who says that climate change could be to blame for the spread of illness and might be at the root…
20 Apr 2018 |
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Protecting the Health and Wellbeing of Communities in a Changing Climate: A Workshop
Workshop on communities working to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
20 Apr 2018 |
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Deadly Impact of Airborne Particles
The link between air pollution and death was established in a series of disasters around the world. About 15% of all deaths in the world are from ischemic heart disease; that’s when your heart literally suffocates. As the levels of air pollution increase, the percent of deaths from heart disease rises sharply – even at […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate and Health Adaptation Project: Antioch Center for Climate Preparedness and Community Resilience
Summary and information about CDC BRACE project in the Monadnock Region of NH focused on the development of a Climate and Health Adaptation Plan.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Protecting the Health and Well-Being of Communities in a Changing Climate: Proceedings of a Workshop
On March 13, 2017, the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement jointly convened a 1-day public workshop, Protecting the Health and Well-being of Communities in a Changing Climate in Washington, DC. The workshop was intended to exploring the implications ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health & Environment Video Series
Energy efficiency can improve public helath by reducing pollution and making people’s homes safer. ACEE’s new Health & Environment program is doing pioneering reserach to document how saving energy does more than save money—it protects health.