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Climate and health: Stories to watch in 2025

Association of Health Care Journalists

While climate coverage often focuses on heat, its health impacts have a broader audience appeal. Climate change affects air pollution, diseases and extreme weather. Medical schools across the United States are increasingly incorporating climate change and health into their curricula.

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Global study finds rodent boom linked to climate change in New York City and beyond

HEALTHBEAT

New York City is getting rattier, thanks to climate change. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, is the first of its kind to use data to demonstrate the connection between climate change and rats. Sign up to get the latest New York City news delivered to you each morning.

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Rural water utilities in North Carolina are still reeling from Helene

NC Health News

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.