It was early morning in an operating theater at Providence Hospital in Portland, Ore. A middle-aged woman lay on the operating table, wrapped in blankets. Surgeons were about to cut out a cancerous growth in her stomach.
May 10, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Climate change is not only an environmental issue, but a major threat to public health, according to 11 U.S. medical societies.
Mar 15, 2017
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A team of Earth and environmental scientists at the CMCC Foundation–Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, working with a pair of colleagues from Boston University, has found evidence suggesting that as many as 246 ...
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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Global warming may have played a pivotal role in the emergence of Candida auris, according to a new study published in mBio, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. C. auris, which is often multi-drug ...
Jul 23, 2019
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In recent years, the telltale symptoms of seasonal allergies—itchy, watery eyes; sneezy, runny nose; and cough and wheezing—start earlier, last longer and may be more severe.
Mar 18, 2022
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It's essential that today's politicians and decision makers recognize the many and severe risks that the climate crisis poses not just for our physical health, but also for our mental well-being. Unfortunately, at least in ...
Oct 17, 2022
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on June 26, 2023, that five cases of locally transmitted malaria had been identified—four in Florida and one in Texas—since May 2023. These are the first cases of ...
Jul 3, 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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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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