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WHO: 'Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity’

GENEVA — A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) calls climate change “the single biggest health threat facing humanity,” and it warns that the health impacts are disproportionately felt ... Read More

Malaria deaths rose in 2024, funding cuts risk surge, WHO says

Malaria killed around 610,000 people in 2024, mostly young children in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, warning of the risks of rising drug resistance, climate ... Read More

Study warns of 'creeping catastrophe' as climate change drives a rise in infectious diseases

Infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue, and tuberculosis are considered to pose as great a challenge to global health as new or emerging pathogens, according to a major international study led by ... Read More

Climate Change Is One Of The Biggest Health Threats Worldwide: Lancet Report

While heart attacks and cancers are well-known causes of death globally, climate change is one of those factors that needs immediate global attention. The 2025 Lancet Countdown report on Health and ... Read More

How climate change endangers mothers and children

This story is a collaboration between Vox and Grist and builds on Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis, a project by Vox, Grist, and The 19th that examines how climate change impacts ... Read More

National Academies Publish New Report Reviewing Evidence for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and U.S. Climate, Health, and Welfare

A new National Academies report reviews evidence gathered by the scientific community since 2009 on greenhouse gas emissions and their effects on U.S. climate, health, and welfare. WASHINGTON — A new ... Read More

Climate and health strategies must address the biodiversity crisis

Vora is a practicing physician, senior adviser for One Health at Conservation International, and executive director of the Preventing Pandemics at the Source Coalition. Walzer is a wildlife ... Read More

As climate change burdens grow, community mental health alarm bells ring

People worldwide are struggling emotionally with the relentless escalation of the climate crisis, and reports show that climate change-related threats to mental health and well-being are increasing. Read More

Scientists predict wildfire smoke will be the most costly climate-related health hazard

Wildfire smoke is responsible for tens of thousands of deaths each year and will do more harm to U.S. residents by midcentury than any other threat driven by climate change, including extreme heat. Read More

Climate Change Likely to Expand the Range of an Asian Bat and the Deadly Disease it Carries

On May 3, 2018, a 26-year-old man living in the town of Perambra in the Indian state of Kerala went to the hospital complaining of fever and body aches. Muhammad Sabith’s symptoms did not seem serious ... Read More