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Climate change plays a role in global rise of dengue fever

NPR Health

A study suggests climate change has likely played a significant role in the disease's expansion. Over 12 million cases of dengue fever were reported in 2024, the most ever. Image credit: Juan Carlos Cisneros)

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Amid Wildfire Trauma, L.A. County Dispatches Mental Health Workers to Evacuees

KFF Health News

. “I could see people standing on the roof, watering it, trying to protect it from the fire, and they just looked so hopeless,” said Ramirez, a community outreach worker with the Pasadena Public Health Department. However, with each extreme weather event, the county has improved its support for evacuees, she said.

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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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Amid wildfire trauma, L.A. County dispatches mental health workers to evacuees

HEALTHBEAT

I could see people standing on the roof, watering it, trying to protect it from the fire, and they just looked so hopeless, said Ramirez, a community outreach worker with the Pasadena Public Health Department. However, with each extreme weather event, the county has improved its support for evacuees, she said. 8 with nine colleagues.

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Climate change is fueling a neurological health crisis, experts warn

News Medical Health Sciences

Research explores the profound impact of climate change on neurological health, focusing on how rising temperatures, extreme weather, and air pollution exacerbate conditions like epilepsy, stroke, and sleep disorders, while calling for urgent research and mitigation strategies to address these vulnerabilities.

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Tamil Nadu plans hub to tackle health risks linked to climate change

The Hindu

The ‘One Health and Climate Hub’ will conduct comprehensive studies to map health risks and diseases exacerbated by climate change and work on developing predictive models using AI to assess future disease trends based on climate scenarios

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APHA Empowers the Public Health Field to Face the Climate Crisis at the 2024 Annual Meeting

Climate for Health

Climate change is one of the most pressing public health issues of our time. We’ve seen record-breaking heat, devastating wildfires, storms and prolonged droughts impacting our health and mental well-being.