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The link between climate change and a spate of rare disease outbreaks in 2023

The temperature-sensitive pathogens that caught U.S. communities off guard are a grim preview of the future.
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Brain-eating amoeba-linked death highlights new climate risk

The death of a Nevada boy who contracted brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Lake Mead this fall is highlighting how climate change can fuel the spread of the usually rare infection.

West Coast doctors join the call: No more fossil fuels

Adam Hoverman, Melissa Lem: West Coast doctors join the call: No more fossil fuels

Our obligation to act on behalf of our patients moves us to call for immediate climate action.
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Moldy fish in an Alaskan river threaten a community's food supply.

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Saving the bats, one cave at a time

Biologists are searching caves and abandoned mines in the West, hoping to spare many species of the winged creatures from the devastating fungus, white-nose syndrome.
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