Climate Change

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Climate Change Fuels Lightning Strikes in Kashmir

Lightning strikes were responsible for approximately 7% of fatalities in Jammu and Kashmir from 2020 to 2022

Out Cold: The Most Common Wintertime Injuries in a Warming World

Shifting weather and rising heating costs create wintertime threats, namely among the elderly and other at-risk groups

Environment

COP29: The Health Expenses of Climate Change

Does a failure to focus on health economic losses stand opposed to stronger action at the UN summit and beyond?

Urbanization

Polluted Rivers Create a Public Health Crisis in Nepal

Unchecked urbanization has led to a surge of waterborne diseases among Nepal's poorest communities

Environment

U.S. Voters Disenfranchised by Climate Change

Electoral planning needs to envision increasingly severe extremes that disrupt the casting and counting of ballots

Governance

National Security Debate on Global Health Enters a New Phase

Controversies about national security and global health are changing in a post-pandemic, geopolitical, and warming world

Urbanization

Climate and Health: Global Problems, Local Solutions

For effective approaches to combat climate change, world leaders should look to cities like New York

Gender

Extreme Heat Taxes Africa's Women and Reproduction

Many women in Africa have little or no protection against extreme heat events in their day-to-day lives

Migration

"On the Move": How Climate Migration Will Remake America

In a must-read, ProPublica's Abrahm Lustgarten uses the 2018 Camp Fire to show how extreme weather disrupts modern life

Governance

Nurses Champion Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

With expertise in patient care, nurses are well positioned to combat antimicrobial resistance if given the correct tools

Food

A Mayan Farming Technique to Fight Guatemala's Food Insecurity

The K'uxu'rum system improves crop yields and enables farmers to adapt to climate extremes

Environment

Brazil's Deadly Floods Expose Shortfalls in Disaster Preparedness

A failure to create and implement policies for climate-related disasters left Brazil unprepared

Trade

How a New HIV Medicine Reduced Carbon Emissions

The HIV medication dolutegravir is lowering the health sector's carbon footprint across several countries

Environment

In Climate Fight, Focus on Women and Girls

Zimbabwe's Lunia Centre is tackling climate change's spillover effects on women and girls