Physicians and scientists outline how extreme heat, wildfires, and infectious diseases threaten Americans as climate policies ...

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Heat waves, extreme drought and deadly wildfire smoke are just some of the climate-related health hazards that have reached record levels of harm, according to the latest report from a global ...

The connection between climate and physical health is evident. We know, for instance, that asthma is exacerbated by exposure to wildfire smoke that occurs more commonly during hot, dry, windy ...

The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that ...

The word solastalgia is a fusion of solace and the Greek suffix for pain, algia. According to some experts, it may also help explain the harmful effects of climate change on mental health. Coined in ...

At 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 26, 2024, Tara Green and her partner, Steven Taylor, were at home on Siesta Key, deciding what to make for dinner. Outside, the wind had started to pick up and gray clouds hung ...

Extreme weather is now a common part of American life — and the associated health risks are impossible to ignore. During heat waves, babies are more likely to be born prematurely or at a lower birth ...

Eco-anxiety is "a term that encompasses the set of emotional responses of the population to the anticipation and experience ...