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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

A new USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology study suggests greater exposure to extreme heat may accelerate biological aging in older adults, raising new concerns about how climate change and heat waves could affect long-term health and aging at the molecular level.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In an interview, Morales Blanco, the daughter of a fisherman, details her fight to stop fracking in Puerto Wilches and nationwide, her struggles with mental health following years of persistent threats and violence, and the lack of recognition and institutional support available to environmental leaders. Our mindset changed.

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Frontiers

JUNE 5, 2023

This year’s Frontiers Forum Live brought top researchers, innovators, and influencers together in-person and virtually, united in a common mission to accelerate the global transition to open science and mobilize solutions for critical challenges – with the most urgent being to reach net-zero carbon to prevent climate disaster.

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 16, 2023

These include advanced age, depressive disorders, diabetes, obesity, social isolation, and a low level of education. They published their results in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. The bones correspond to at least three individuals: A female adult, and two younger specimens, aged approximately 11.5 In the case of RCP 8.5

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 16, 2023

These include advanced age, depressive disorders, diabetes, obesity, social isolation, and a low level of education. They published their results in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. The bones correspond to at least three individuals: A female adult, and two younger specimens, aged approximately 11.5 In the case of RCP 8.5

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UK Health Security

JULY 30, 2024

This week’s higher temperatures have triggered a yellow Heat-Health Alert, issued for England by the Met Office and UKHSA. While some may question the necessity of such warnings, it's crucial to understand the significant health implications that accompany changes in temperature. Who is at risk and how does heat impact health?

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Frontiers

APRIL 13, 2022

ka Smutná, Barbora Duží, Meike Janssen, and Jan Vávra write about how our food behaviors have changed during Covid-19, and how those behaviors depend on where we live and who we are. Food awareness, whether meals were missed and other aspects of food anxiety, diet and health were also covered.

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Frontiers

JUNE 8, 2022

The famous proverb says that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but a recent study published to Frontiers in Nutrition has found that significant health benefits may come from eating a cup of cranberries a day. Our handwriting may be a window to our health status as we age. Article link: [link]. New paper out!

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Environmental Health News

JANUARY 8, 2025

Prisons are particularly vulnerable to heat exposure due to their aging infrastructure. Climate change is only making matters worse as 70% of prisons are experiencing worse temperature extremes than before. On average from 2020 to 2023, prisons across the U.S. experienced air temperatures of 94F at least 10 days of the summer.

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Frontiers

AUGUST 7, 2023

If no protection measures are taken, new research by The University of Manchester scientists in collaboration with the No7 Beauty Company, has shown that the skin microbiota composition can change in as little as seven days. Fluctuation in Proteobacteria diversity specifically has been associated with skin problems like eczema and psoriasis.

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Mercola

JANUARY 21, 2025

DSM-Firmenich, a Dutch chemical giant, has developed Bovaer their answer to cattle methane emissions and climate change. Elanco Animal Health has partnered with DSM-Firmenich to distribute the additive, with plans to extend into the beef market after widespread dairy cow adoption. A recent FDA approval for U.S. More alarming?

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The Health Care Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For example: Employer-sponsored health insurance tax preference (WWII) Hill-Burton Act (1946) Medicare/Medicaid (1965) Federal HMO Act (1973) Stark Physician Self-Referral Law (1989) DGRs (1983) & RBRVS (1992) CHIP (1997) Medicare Modernization Act (2003) Affordable Care Act (2010).

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Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Written for young people aged eight to 15, the collection has been published in the journal Frontiers for Young Minds. By sparking an interest in science from a young age, the Nobel Collection aims to improve young people’s scientific worldview. ABOUT FRONTIERS.

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Black Health Matters

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Currently a medical student, Joel is a passionate advocate for health equity, making complex topics accessible and engaging for all. Joel shares his perspective on health education and leadership development. At an early age, Joel understood that inequities in healthcare did not only occur globally but existed in the United States.

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The Health Care Blog

JUNE 15, 2022

Climate change not only leads to northward shifts, but expanded species diversity, accompanied by shorter migratory routes. Spring migrations are now taking place earlier, with age classes, species and flyways significantly altered. Both spell greater mixing and exchange of viruses across avian species.

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Frontiers

JULY 18, 2023

The Villars Symposium unites high school-aged youth and sustainability experts worldwide to address urgent global challenges. Participants, future systems leaders, explore intricate complex systems (ecological, economic, political, and social) while developing skills for driving systemic change.

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Frontiers

JULY 28, 2021

Yet the role that glucose plays in the progression of the disease and the importance of managing glucose levels in the aging population, people with diabetes and the general public, was unclear. In doing so, their findings could lead to new ways of both treating and managing the disease in those most at risk. A vast database.

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The Health Care Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Its workforce is aging and burnt out. Our power plants and transmission lines are aging badly, we have a phobia of nuclear that is also starting to apply to coal as well, climate change is throwing more extreme weather at us, and many of the renewable options (solar, wind, geothermal) are not quite ready for prime time yet.

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HEALTHBEAT

AUGUST 19, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported the year’s first human cases of West Nile virus, in four city residents, on Monday. Eliza Fawcett is a reporter covering public health in New York City for Healthbeat.

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Gideon

JULY 28, 2021

Meanwhile, in real life, a large and vocal group of researchers and public health organizations are sounding the alarm about Dengue as a pandemic-level threat in the near future. For example, Egypt’s Ministry of Health initially dismissed reports of Dengue fever in certain regions. Copyright © GIDEON Informatics, Inc. trillion U.S

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Frontiers

JUNE 30, 2022

D Frontiers in Dental Medicine RSS @FrontDentalMed Frontiers in Digital Health RSS @FrontDigiHealth Frontiers in Drug Delivery RSS @FrontDrugDDS Frontiers in Drug Discovery RSS @FrontDrugDDS Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation RSS @FrontDrugDDS. Follow us via RSS or Twitter to stay up-to-date on new research published in our journals.

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Fund for Public Health NYC

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Years NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan today unveiled “ HealthyNYC , ” an ambitious plan to improve and extend the average lifespan of all New Yorkers. Read “ Using Law to Advance Population Health Planning ” in Health Affairs.

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Sheffield DPH

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Does your economic story talks to big macro trends – demography, geopolitics, mobility, ecosystem, health, tech, governance shifts. Pay real living wage, response to climate, retrofit and envt grants, as owners retire think about employee ownership model. This from Marmot team on the health of hidden workers is also good.

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Sheffield DPH

JANUARY 14, 2023

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. Some talk about “prevention” or “public health”. Not into health. Of that there is no doubt. This was good.

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Gideon

MARCH 18, 2021

Changes in temperature and precipitation influence biotic and abiotic environments, disease vectors and hosts, and human behavior, including the amount of time spent outdoors (1). It is important to contact a health professional before attempting to remove a tick. Rarely, other organs may become involved. e55-e55, 2001. Online] (7) A.

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HEALTHBEAT

MARCH 13, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free Atlanta newsletter here. A study published in Social Science and Medicine in January examined some of the potential mental health effects related to the current political climate. Supreme Courts decision to rescind national abortion protections.

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HEALTHBEAT

JANUARY 9, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. As California wildfires stretch into the colder months, and hurricane survivors sort through the ruins left by floodwaters, lets talk about an underreported victim of climate change: the emotional well-being of young people.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 16, 2025

But far fewer people are familiar with chikungunya, a tropical disease likely to increase with the continuing effects of climate change. One reason chikungunya gets so little respect is that the size of its potential health and its economic burden have been underestimated. One DALY is the loss of one year of full health.)

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Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 15, 2025

When policymakers turn their attention to science and health issues such as vaccination, access to abortion care, and the health dangers of climate change, journalists covering these topics must be prepared to protect themselves amidst online communities that can mirror or amplify harmful rhetoric.

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Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Pradnya Garud joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the role of unions in climate and environmental justice. The Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast is a biweekly podcast featuring the stories and big ideas from past and present fellows, as well as others in the field. How are you?

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Environmental Health News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Mokshda Kaul joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the clean energy transition and how policymakers and other leaders can avoid mistakes of the past. Nothing changed in my life, honestly speaking. Kaul, a Ph.D. Kaul, a Ph.D. You can see all of the past episodes here.

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BU School of Public Health Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Many experts attribute this decline to educational, economic, and social factors that have slowed teen birth rates and prompted a growing trend in delayed childrearing until older ages. The web-based preconception cohort study is the largest of its kind worldwide, following thousands of individuals ages 21-45 who are trying to conceive.

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The Health Care Blog

JUNE 7, 2022

According to the Congressional Research Service , the average age of House Members is 58.4 OK, about that: Statista tracked average age at hire of CEOs from 2005 to 2018, and the average age of CEOs rose from 45.9 Fortune confirms that the average age of Fortune 500 CEOs is 57; again, Baby Boomer territory.

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BU School of Public Health Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

February 15, 2025 Jillian McKoy Megan Jones Twitter Facebook Research has always been a core part of the School of Public Healths mission to promote justice, human rights, and equity across local and global communities. The move is part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to significantly scale back on federal spending.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 31, 2025

The entire website was briefly unavailable, and journalists are reporting that several datasets may be affected by the sweeping changes. Datasets related to racial disparities, LGBTQIA+ health and reproductive health were at risk, as were data on racial and ethnic health disparities, climate and environmental justice.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 17, 2025

By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger OrthoCarolina, one of the nations largest independently owned orthopedic practices, is close to a deal to sell its physical therapy business to PT Solutions Physical Therapy, an Atlanta-based company backed by private equity, the Charlotte Ledger/NC Health News has learned.

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NC Health News

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The landscape along the creeks and mountainsides has been forever changed. Everyone has had to adjust to these changes and more, even as they’ve dealt with similar problems at home. Meanwhile, crews continue playing whack-a-mole as aging lines break. It’s been that way everywhere. It’s hard enough dealing with the present.

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