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Climate and health: Stories to watch in 2025

Association of Health Care Journalists

Source: Evidence-based recommendations for communicating the impacts of climate change on health Economic losses from extreme weather events have reached $227 billion, a 23% increase since 2010. Journalists need to raise awareness among audiences that food and water availability is a health and climate issue.

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Moving beyond “vaguely interested”. Wanless 20 years on.

Sheffield DPH

“Public Health” in almost all guises won’t deliver results fast enough on the right now issues. In the medium to long term pretty much everybody says “public health” is “the answer” In whole or in part. Here goes: 1.

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Why cutting sign-up days and navigator funds undermines ACA gains

Association of Health Care Journalists

Following that cut, enrollment dropped among lower-income Americans, Hispanic adults, and people who didnt speak English, Noah Weiland reported for The New York Times , citing research published in the American Journal of Health Economics in 2022. President Barack Obama signed that legislation into law on March 23, 2010, 48.6