Photo by Piron Guillaume on Unsplash The climate and us: resilient health Our health care systems are already struggling to cope with a changing climate. Can we create health systems fit for the future?
Impactswww.usar.army.mil The forgotten virus: Zika families and researchers struggle for support Some babies born with devastating birth defects from the mosquito-borne illness are 7 now, but Covid turned the world’s attention away.
Top Storycommons.wikimedia.org Medical journal Lancet warns climate inaction imperils millions of lives An exploding body of evidence shows that warming will worsen hunger, spread disease, exacerbate chronic illnesses and wreak havoc on health systems.
Impacts How the U.S. betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster During the Cold War, the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs on, in and above the Marshall Islands. The U.S. also conducted a dozen biological weapons tests and dumped 130 tons of irradiated soil, now vulnerable to rising seas.
Impacts undark.org When residents say 'no' to aerial mosquito spraying When states use pesticides to slow the spread of insect-borne diseases, should households be allowed to opt out?
Newsletter www.theatlantic.com How climate change is challenging American health care Experts say mounting environmental pressures will make people sicker, and that the health-care system will play a major role in averting disaster.
Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley