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Climate and health: Stories to watch in 2025

Association of Health Care Journalists

Identify and reduce barriers to enacting health behaviors. 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. in 2023, almost double that of 2016.

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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. Inability to think and invest across silos. Invest in sector x, but return in sector y.

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

Association of Health Care Journalists

After Trump was elected in 2016, he slashed spending for the navigator program, as Tami Lubhy reported for CNN.