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REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Climate Change, Global Health, and U.S. Foreign Policy

by David P. Fidler

Climate change adaptation is now an imperative for U.S. foreign policy on global health

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A sign sits outside of a cooling shelter during a heat wave in Portland, Oregon, U.S., August 11, 2021.

The Policy Challenge of Extreme Heat and Climate Change

by Alice C. Hill, Madeline Babin

Health threats in a hotter world require policy action at every level of political and social life

A firefighter takes a picture of a fire during a major wildfire that broke out in Vidauban, in the Var region of southern France, on August 18, 2021
Environment

Hot, Cold, and Deadly

by Sarah Wozniak, Michael Brauer

Extreme temperature is a threat to global health

A sign warns of extreme heat in Death Valley, California, U.S., July 11, 2021
Environment

Hottest Cities

by Alice C. Hill

How global health is changing as temperatures inch up

A man smokes a cigarette next to a mural of a man wearing a protective mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 30, 2020. The photo shows a man wearing a mask pulled down around his chin smoking. Next to him is a mural of a worried-looking man in a mask. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Food

COVID-19 Shows Us It's Time to Tackle Obesity and Overweight

by Katherine Leach-Kemon, Christopher Troeger, Theo Vos

Lessons and cautionary tales from the anti-smoking movement show us a way to move forward

A tattered U.S. flag damaged in Hurricane Harvey, flies in Conroe, Texas, on August 29, 2017. The photo shows a torn U.S. flag blowing against a dark grey sky. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Environment

Hurricanes, Pandemics, Floods, Frail Systems, and Failed Responses

by Hannah Todd, Justin Onwenu

Imagining a post-Harvey, post-Irma, post-Hanna, post-COVID-19 world of pandemics, natural disasters, and U.S. resiliency

Residents walk along a house on a flooded street heading to a shelter ahead of the expected landfall of the "super cyclone" Amphan, in the Dacope of Khulna district, Bangladesh, on May 20, 2020. Photo shows two people walking and hanging on to a building as they navigate the flooded streets. AFP/Munir uz Zaman via Getty Images
Environment

Family Affair: Coronavirus and the Climate Crisis

by Gaurab Basu, Samir Chaudhuri

In the Bay of Bengal, where Cyclone Amphan collided with COVID-19, a glimpse of why we need environmental sustainability

Kidney disease increases are concentrated among farm workers in hot, humid conditions, including sugarcane fields in Central America, similar to this one in Jacarezinho, Brazil on January 1, 2019. Picture is taken at the edge of a field on a sugar plantation on a spectacularly clear day. The earth is brown, the growing canes are green, and the deep blue sky has little fluffy clouds rolling in. REUTERS/Marcelo Texeira
Environment

Climate Change, the Kidney Killer

by Alton Lu

Is chronic kidney disease the canary in the coal mine in terms of feeling the health impacts of climate change?

A weather vane is pictured on a ranch during the Creek Fire in the San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles, in Sylmar, California on December 5, 2017. Picture shows a thin metal toy-like vain with a plane, and arrow and a “NESW” directional indicator silhouetted against a burning fire. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn
Environment

Wildfires, Air Quality, and the Risk of Lung Diseases

by Christopher Troeger

Respiratory diseases caused by invisible "PM2.5" particles released by wildfires are a significant health risk to people

Commuters walk on waterlogged railway tracks after getting off a stalled train during heavy monsoon rains in Mumbai, India, on July 2, 2019. Several women and at least one boy are walking in a group. One of them is talking on a cell phone. Several are sharing umbrellas. The water, even on the train tracks, which are presumably slightly elevated, is up to their ankles. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Migration

Don’t Call Them Climate Refugees

by Gulrez Shah Azhar

The majority of people displaced by climate change won’t cross international borders, will not be refugees or migrants

A Mauritanian man stands on what appears to be an ancient wall of old baked bricks on Aug 16, 2005 in the ancient village of Ouadane. He is wearing a light blue robe that is filling with strong winds, presumably carrying sand and dust south from the Sahara, and stands in bright contrast to the dull red background. Africa’s Sahel region is threatened by desertification. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
Governance

The Once and Future World of Global Health Governance

by David P. Fidler

To meet twenty-first century geopolitical, national security, and climate challenges, global health policies must evolve

Celebrity photo of Anna Paquin at the premiere of The Irishman in London, 2019
Environment

TV Review: Global Warming at the End of The Affair

by Jason Socrates Bardi

Showtime ends daring, bleak series with desperation, hope, and a future long island threatened by rising sea levels

A Rohingya refugee child fills a bucket of water in Bangladesh.
Migration

Don’t Let Climate Change WASH Refugee Health Away

by Diana Schoder

People are leaving their homes because of climate-driven water issues, but refugee camps face the same stresses.