Big Cities Health Coalition
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
The CDC Coalition also calls for the rejection of this bill, warning that the cuts would undermine essential CDC programs that combat chronic diseases, improve emergency preparedness, and protect communities from environmental health risks.
HEALTHBEAT
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Public health officials insist the air, fouled by burning “chlorines, chloramine and chlorine compounds,” is safe to breathe but have released few details. People in Atlanta may experience watery eyes and scratchy throats that should subside as the air clears, said Carmen Marsit, a professor of environmental health at Emory University.
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KFF Health News
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Aparna Bole, a pediatrician and senior consultant in the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity at the federal Department of Health and Human Services, said these are common problems for low- and moderate-income patients. BMC’s approach to solving them may be the first of its kind, she said.
Association of Health Care Journalists
JANUARY 7, 2025
According to a report by the National Centre for Environmental Health , saltwater in Hilton Head, North Carolina, is encroaching at a rate of 400 feet per year from the Atlantic Ocean into freshwater drinking systems. Health equity. Saltwater intrusion into water supplies. Infrastructure damage.
NC Health News
JANUARY 13, 2025
The increased frequency of extreme weather events, like Hurricane Debby and Hurricane Helene, and wildfires like the ones ravaging parts of Los Angeles, require doctors to become more aware of the environmental factors affecting patients health, said Marni Holder, director of community health initiatives at the UNC Department of Family Medicine.
Environmental Health News
JANUARY 21, 2025
I have attempted to bring my community-academic framework into elite institutions that claim to foster health equity and social justice for all. I was assured that my concerns would be taken seriously, only to see the same call for proposals with the same stipulations the following funding cycle. We knew this was their moment.
Association of Health Care Journalists
JANUARY 9, 2025
The wildfire crisis in California is not just an environmental disaster but a significant public health emergency with immediate and long-term consequences. As of Jan. 9 , multiple majorwildfires have burned more than 28,000 acres in California, killing at least five people and putting some 130,000 residents under evacuation orders.
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