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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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For the first time ever, Taliban reps were invited to the big U.N. climate conference

NPR Health

Since the Taliban took power 2021, Afghanistan has not been invited to big climate conferences. And money for projects addressing climate-related issues has been frozen. Are things about to change? Image credit: Lynsey Addario/Getty Images)

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LA is seeing cases of dengue, the range of which may be growing due to climate change

NPR Health

Climate change probably played a role. Los Angeles County has reported eight cases of locally acquired dengue fever in the past few months; the first ever occurred last year.

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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.

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Black History Month and Climate Change – The STEM Connection

Climate for Health

The connection of the recently completed Black History Month and Climate Change may not appear to be obvious but upon reflection from my time as a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) educator there is an unquestioned connection between the two.

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New Article in the Journal of Environmental Health, “Staying Cool in a Changing Climate: Caring for Health in Extreme Heat”

Climate for Health

ecoAmerica’s column in the National Environmental Health Association’s Journal of Environmental Health, “Staying Cool in a Changing Climate: Caring for Health in Extreme Heat” by Nicole Hill, MPH, and Ben Fulgencio-Turner, MPP, CPH is now available in the July/August 2023 issue.