Environmental Health News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

A new research center at the University of California, San Francisco will study how corporations manipulate science and regulation to downplay health risks from chemicals, fossil fuels, and ultra-processed foods. Liza Gross reports for Inside Climate News.

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Black Health Matters

JANUARY 10, 2025

Climate crises are ravaging the nation, causing and amplifying severe health challenges. Some residents attempted to protect their homes by exposing themselves to air pollutants and other potential health risks. These crises can affect the quality of ones mental health.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This population, like many agricultural workers in hot climates, is at increased risk of chronic kidney disease of unknown cause. Mortality has doubled over the past 20 years, sparking a public health exploration into the epidemic. Youre going to hear more about it, public health researcher Lee Newman, M.D.,

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Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It’s a genre of medical study-based story all too familiar to health/science journalists: “a new study found X chemical in [common household product or food],” — the “scare” story that launches a thousand sensationalist headlines. Distinguish between public health and individual health. Others involve a bit of both.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 13, 2025

The Climate Resilience for Frontline Clinics Toolkit provided Helping Hand, which offers medical services to low-income and uninsured residents of Lee and Harnett counties, a road map for preparing the staff and its patients for storms and other climate catastrophes.” Chan School of Public Health.

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Environmental Health News

JANUARY 8, 2025

Climate change is only making matters worse as 70% of prisons are experiencing worse temperature extremes than before. Further, the lack of universal policies in state or federal prisons for responding to climate hazards, such as hurricanes and wildfires, makes it hard to protect those who live in them.

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