Health News How Climate Change Will Affect Your Health

Deadly heat worldwide prompts $300 million for climate health research at COP30

With more than a half-million people worldwide dying from heat-related causes every year, a group of philanthropies is putting $300 million into developing life-saving solutions as global temperatures ... Read More

Valley emergency medicine physician discusses climate change impact on public health

As more extreme weather events, such as heatwaves are occurring more frequently during the summer, physicians are paying close attention to their impact on the human body. Dr. Abigail Hankin-Wei is an ... Read More

‘A devastating global audit’ shows how climate change is undermining the health of millions

Extreme heat now kills one person every minute, according to a sweeping new report by the British medical journal The Lancet. Read More

Climate change is in the news during COP30. We've got tips to tackle your climate anxiety

Global leaders have descended upon Brazil for COP30, and with the conference often comes a lot of negative news that evokes climate anxiety and dread ... Read More

Polar climate change could amplify global health risks, study warns

Climate change in Earth's polar regions is emerging as an underrecognized driver of global health risks, with consequences reaching far beyond the Arctic and Antarctic, researchers argue. Read More

Climate change taking toll on teen mental health, study finds

More than a third of Canadian teens say climate change is impacting their mental health, according to a national study led by Athabasca University researchers, published in PLOS Mental Health. A ... Read More

Climate change affecting human health in a big way: Expert

Quoting a 2019 study published in the Environmental Health Perspectives, Dr. Tripathy said it indicated that heat waves increased the incidence of heart attacks and cardiac arrests, particularly among ... Read More

Is Climate Change Affecting Eye Care?

As people spend more and more of their days increasingly looking at screens or digital interfaces, it is essential to care for their eyesight and provide their eyes with adequate rest to recover from ... Read More

The aerosol dilemma: How fighting pollution affects climate change

The World Meteorological Organization’s fifth annual Air Quality and Climate Bulletin, issued in September, called attention to the effects of air pollution on climate change and human and ecosystem ... Read More

Your Gut Could Be Affecting Your Mood

Still, human data is more nuanced. “While the evidence that the gut microbiome affects mood is relatively strong, evidence that changing the gut microbiome improves mood is not as strong,” Ziegelstein ... Read More

In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies

John Galgiani has been waiting for this call. The 79-year-old physician is sitting on a chair in a side office at a health clinic in Phoenix, Arizona, long legs crammed under the table in front of him ... Read More