Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Increased infectious disease risk likely from climate change

Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070—and that's likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, according to a new study.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Natural gas flares likely source of respiratory illness spike

Flaring of natural gas from oil wells appeared to cause an increase of around 11,000 hospital visits for respiratory reasons in North Dakota up to 60 miles away from oil drilling sites, according to new research.

Medical economics

What the US health care sector can learn from Coca-Cola

A new, Yale-led analysis suggests that the Coca-Cola Company and a number of other corporations are the real thing when it comes to publicly reporting the environmental impact of their operations—something the American ...

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