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A new Climate Central report examines how heat and a warming climate endanger the health of an aging U.S. population, a threat made...
Jul 01, 2020 | Anu Varma
On July 1, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences will host its Fourth Annual Global Environmental Health Day, and...
Jun 29, 2020 | Guest Author
Applications for the Climate Reality Leadership Corps Global Training closes midnight on June 25.
Jun 24, 2020
New findings suggest that exacerbation of air pollution and heat exposure related to climate change may be significantly associated...
Jun 19, 2020 | Anu Varma
Health departments have an opportunity to increase public awareness about climate change impacts and government response by framing...
Apr 09, 2020 | Andrea Grenadier
Cities around the world are taking meaningful action to advance health equity by designing solutions that benefit the health of people...
Mar 24, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
ecoAmerica and Lake Research Partners’ latest survey, American Climate Perspectives Survey 2020, Volume II: Americans May Feel...
Mar 23, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Climate and Health Program released a technical report on heat response...
Feb 04, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
This story originally ran on NACCHO’s Essential Elements. Whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when he emerges on...
Jan 30, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez
A new Climate Central report examines how heat and a warming climate endanger the health of an aging U.S. population, a threat made even more worrisome during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On July 1, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences will host its Fourth Annual Global Environmental Health Day, and launch an updated and expanded Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal.
New findings suggest that exacerbation of air pollution and heat exposure related to climate change may be significantly associated with risk to pregnancy outcomes in the United States.
Health departments have an opportunity to increase public awareness about climate change impacts and government response by framing their work around climate change when communicating with the public. Check out this new infosheet with tips on how to frame your communications about climate change.
Cities around the world are taking meaningful action to advance health equity by designing solutions that benefit the health of people and our planet. Through a $3 million funding opportunity, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) seeks to bring the most impactful ideas from across the globe to U.S. cities to address the intertwined issues of […]
ecoAmerica and Lake Research Partners’ latest survey, American Climate Perspectives Survey 2020, Volume II: Americans May Feel Isolated in Their Climate Concern, finds a significant gap in the level of reported actual versus perceived concern about climate change. Concern about climate change is a consensus perspective in the U.S., however few think others around them […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Climate and Health Program released a technical report on heat response plans. The document gives a summary of extreme heat, the health burden of heat exposure, the impacts of climate change, and components and effectiveness of heat response plans with a focus on relevant peer-reviewed literature and […]
This story originally ran on NACCHO’s Essential Elements. Whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when he emerges on Groundhog Day, spring is on its way and summer won’t be far behind. Along with beach trips and backyard barbecues, summer also brings environmental health risks from mosquitoes and ticks, recreational water activities, extreme heat, […]
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