More cities address 'shade deserts' as extreme heat triggers health issues
If it weren't for the traffic along South MacDill Avenue, Javonne Mansfield swears you could hear the sizzle of a frying pan.
Aug 31, 2023
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If it weren't for the traffic along South MacDill Avenue, Javonne Mansfield swears you could hear the sizzle of a frying pan.
Aug 31, 2023
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Following the identification of the first locally acquired malaria cases in the US in 20 years, experts warn in an Annals of Internal Medicine commentary that nations could see worrisome resurgences of the disease without ...
Aug 9, 2023
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Every day seems to bring a new headline about a devastating climate event. African countries aren't spared. A "rain bomb" in South Africa. Flooding in Nigeria. Cyclones battering Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Madagascar. ...
Jun 26, 2023
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More and more people are experiencing eco-distress—existential fears about the future of the planet in view of increased extreme weather events and ecological loss.
Jun 8, 2023
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Health officials across the U.S. Northeast are warning residents to take precautions after wildfire smoke traveling south from Canada unleashed unhealthy air quality levels that pose a risk to the sick, elderly and young ...
Jun 7, 2023
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A new report, coordinated by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), provides an overview of the health impacts of climate change and ways to counteract them. The publication was coordinated through the project KlimGesundAkt.
Jun 1, 2023
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Recurring headaches are one of the most common nervous system disorders, with an estimated 45 million, or one in six, Americans complaining of headaches each year. People who experience headaches or migraines regularly are ...
May 24, 2023
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As more people suffer from heat domes, wildfires, floods and other extreme climate events, a team of Oregon Health & Science University physicians are urging their colleagues to use data to address climate change's many health ...
May 10, 2023
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A new study shows that cardiovascular strain begins at lower temperature and humidity levels than those that cause increases in the body's core temperature, and could inform revisions to safety guidelines and policies that ...
Apr 19, 2023
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As a graduate student in 2006, Sarah Lowe, Ph.D. joined a group of researchers following low-income, unmarried mothers who were living in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck the area the previous year.
Apr 13, 2023
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