Health News How Climate Change Will Affect Your Health

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

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

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 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

What if Climate Policy Started with Health—and Grew the Economy? | Opinion

As leaders gather for COP30, they must reject false narratives that pit climate and health action against economic growth. Read More

Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change

If you've been following recent debates about health, you've been hearing a lot about vaccines, diet, measles, Medicaid cuts and health insurance costs—but much less about one of the greatest threats ... 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

Heat, air quality, insurance costs: how climate change is affecting our homes – and our health

ARC DECRA and Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne Events such as these signal ... 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