Switching asthma inhalers could reduce carbon emissions, says study
Concerns over health care’s carbon footprint typically revolve around issues like overly-air-conditioned hospitals and single-use…
Category: climate change
As climate changes, scorching summers bring deadly heat for people with disabilities
Degree by degree, the earth’s temperature ticks up. Heat records fall as reliably as the…
Opinion: HHS says it is working against climate change. But it’s really climate washing
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has stated it will do all that…
New federal rule proposed to protect 36 million workers from extreme heat
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed a new rule to address excessive heat in…
There’s a heat wave coming. Here’s what you need to know
Extreme heat is coming this week in many parts of the United States. The Midwest…
Lab experiment shows exactly how heat waves can put hearts into ‘oxygen debt’
When temperatures soar, so do heart attacks. Now, a lab experiment explains just how temperatures…
Smoke exposure from California’s wildfires linked to 52,000 early deaths, study says
When large swaths of the East Coast were shrouded in wildfire smoke last summer, scientists…
Heat waves associated with increased risk of preterm birth in the U.S.
Heat waves are becoming more frequent and more intense, posing more of a health risk…
Opinion: HHS’s proposed rule pays lip service to addressing the climate crisis, the greatest threat to human health
In April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the world’s most powerful health…
Opinion: Hurricane season is approaching fast. We need to talk about health care resilience
Extreme weather fueled by accelerating climate change puts patients, providers, and health care facilities at…
What we know about extreme heat’s health impacts after the hottest summer on record
Last summer’s heat waves demonstrated all the ways that extreme heat takes a toll on…
Opinion: When heat threatens, use the wet bulb globe temperature to keep workers safe
A 30-year-old farm worker in North Carolina died last September on a day that was…
Opinion: How climate change is driving a global epidemic of immune health problems, and how to stop it
Many of the effects of climate change play out at a very large scale: Heatwaves…
3 issues to watch in global health in 2024
As we enter the fifth year of this challenging decade, life finally appears to be…
Obesity drugs’ next tests, and rising threats: 3 chronic disease stories to watch
Chronic disease is, by its very definition, omnipresent. But changes year to year have the…
The surprising environmental cost of rapid testing, mosquito nets, and other lifesaving health products
Many commonly suggested ways to addressing climate change present few ethical challenges: Cut fossil fuels….
Opinion: Health care providers need help to treat patients during extreme heat events
The world’s hottest summer on record is now bleeding into the fall. Instead of enjoying…
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Extreme heat could lead to 233% increase in U.S. excess cardiovascular deaths, study says
When the human body is exposed to extreme heat, it tries to fight back. To…
Older adults are vulnerable in a warming climate. Better buildings could help protect them
In 2003, during Europe’s worst heat wave in centuries, almost 15,000 people died in France….
A STAT analysis shows how top drug companies are starting to take action on climate
This article is adapted from STAT’s exclusive analysis in the STAT Report: “Climate rankings: How top…
Opinion: Looking for a climate job? Consider biotech
More and more people, especially early career workers, want jobs fighting climate change. But when…
Opinion: How the twin crises of climate change and poor public housing are harming people’s health
Climate change is an existential problem for human health. As climate change intensifies, the frequency…
Opinion: Why it’s so difficult to count the number of heat-related deaths
In late July, as parts of the southern U.S. approached 30 days of temperatures exceeding…
Mishmash of how U.S. heat deaths are counted complicates efforts to keep people safe as Earth warms
PHOENIX — Postal worker Eugene Gates Jr. was delivering mail in the suffocating Dallas heat…
‘Shocking’ heat waves persist through August as federal officials warn of far-ranging health risks
WASHINGTON — An already record-setting summer heat wave will continue through August and will put…
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Mass. General totes up its waste in a move to tackle climate change
On an August Thursday in 2021, deep into the pandemic, two Massachusetts General Hospital doctors…
From rapid cooling body bags to ‘prescriptions’ for AC, doctors prepare for a future of extreme heat
In Phoenix, where daytime temperatures are topping 110 degrees Fahrenheit for the third straight week,…
Malaria cases in Florida and Texas: Here’s what you need to know
The five cases of malaria diagnosed in Florida and Texas in recent weeks — the…
Pressure is building on pharma and biotech companies to take climate action
As the health impacts of climate change become harder to ignore, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies…
Opinion: Leaders at Davos need to pay attention to the crossroads of climate change, health, and security
As CEOs and world leaders gather for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this…
It’s not just heat stroke. Extreme temperatures pose special risk to people with chronic illness (and that’s a lot of us)
A sweltering 112 degrees Fahrenheit in North Texas. 97 in Minneapolis. 103 in Nebraska. Nearly…
Opinion: Hospitals need to get ahead of regulations on climate change
Climate change, an issue that hospital leaders should have voluntarily been working on following the…