Climate change presents a major public health concern in Australia, marked by unprecedented wildfires, heat waves, floods, droughts, and the spread of climate-sensitive infectious diseases.
Nov 15, 2023
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New data reveal the catastrophic threat to the health and survival of billions of people all over the world, and to successful adaptation efforts, from any further delays in action to limit temperature increase to 1.5°C ...
Nov 14, 2023
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The population of Africa is the youngest in the world—but that is expected to change rapidly in the coming decades.
Nov 14, 2023
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A new element of the catastrophic impacts of climate change is emerging—how global warming is impacting the human brain.
Nov 13, 2023
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US health authorities on Thursday approved the world's first vaccine for chikungunya, a virus spread by infected mosquitoes that the Food and Drug Administration called "an emerging global health threat."
Nov 10, 2023
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Eleven young firefighters went through a rigorous training exercise, carrying up to 40 pounds of gear over hilly terrain during a 45-minute training exercise in the California sun. Gloves, helmets, flashlights, goggles, and ...
Nov 9, 2023
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These days, we don't think much about being able to access a course of antibiotics to head off an infection. But that wasn't always the case—antibiotics have been available for less than a century.
Nov 8, 2023
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Global warming caused by climate change could exacerbate the burden of inpatient mortality from respiratory diseases during the warm season. This is the main conclusion of a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global ...
Nov 7, 2023
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Cutting nitrous oxide waste in hospitals, switching to reusable vaginal speculums for cervical screening, and prescribing tablets over intravenous drugs are just some of the tangible actions doctors can take to reduce the ...
Nov 6, 2023
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Certain diseases transmitted from animals to humans could kill 12 times as many people in 2050 than they did in 2020, researchers have claimed.
Nov 4, 2023
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