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Communicating the Health Impacts of Climate Change: A Doctor’s View
The Yale Center on Climate Change and Health recently invited Dr. Neha Pathak, MD, chief physician editor, health and lifestyle medicine at WebMD, to discuss the challenges physicians face in communicating health concerns related to climate change.
6 Feb 2025
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In California Wildfires, Climate and Health Collide
In a new report, scientists at the Yale School of Public Health warn that smoke from the California wildfires can exacerbate cardiovascular problems. They also say the compound extreme weather events that preceded the fires represent a new era in public health in which climate change-driven disasters create new challenges for protecting population health.
22 Jan 2025
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2024 Lancet Report on Climate Change Reveals Record-breaking Health Threats Associated With Climate Inaction
The 2024 Lancet Countdown on health and climate change, an annual international assessment of progress toward the climate mitigation goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement — co-authored this year by three members of the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health — contains some of the most dire projections to date associated with persistent global inaction over the pressing climate emergency.
4 Nov 2024
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Study Links Higher Temperatures to Increased Stroke Risk
According to a new study by researchers from the Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, short-term exposure to high ambient temperatures may significantly increase the risk of stroke among people aged 18 to 64 years, especially women.
23 Oct 2024
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Cities, children, and health: YCCCH at Climate Week NYC
Yale Center on Climate Change and Health tackle the challenges of urban health, children’s health, and health care sustainability at Climate Week NYC
8 Oct 2024
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First human case of emerging tick-borne disease reported in Northeast
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station reports the first locally acquired human disease case of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis in Connecticut. Transmitted by the Gulf Coast tick, R. parkeri rickettsiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever with relatively milder symptoms.
30 Sep 2024
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Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke associated with higher risk of death
Pollutants from fires can travel great distances and have the potential to affect human health thousands of kilometers away. In a new study, researchers from the Yale School of Public Health investigated whether long-term exposure to fine particles in wildfire smoke was associated with increases in causes of death.
24 Sep 2024
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YSPH urges bold action at Climate Week NYC
The Yale Center on Climate Change and Health at the Yale School of Public Health will present a day-long conference on September 27th during Climate Week NYC '24.
18 Sep 2024
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Wildfires: what you need to know to stay safe
In addition to a fire's deadly flames, wildfire smoke is a threat to lives and health. Here's how to stay safe, from Yale School of Public Health experts.
21 Aug 2024
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Very hot weather is hazardous to your health, but there are ways to stay safe
Extreme heat is hazardous to your health. Here are ways to stay safe as the globe warms.
19 Aug 2024
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For some Black, Latino, and Asian people, summers are hotter
Black and Latino people, and some Asian populations, consistently experience hotter warm seasons than non-Hispanic white people living in the same county of the U.S., according to a new YSPH study. 
30 Jul 2024
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Ambient heat during pregnancy linked to increased risk of childhood cancer
Yale School of Public Health researchers evaluate the association between exposure to hot temperatures during pregnancy and the risk of cancer in children.
3 Jul 2024
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The Tremendous Public Health Opportunity of Climate Action
As the world experiences one climate change-related public health disaster after another, the declaration by a Lancet Commission of academics and editors of The Lancet medical journal in 2009 that climate change is “the biggest global health threat of the 21st century” is becoming more real.
16 May 2024
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Earth month giving campaign supports health-centered climate solutions
The Yale Center on Climate Change and Health believes that protecting human health is the most powerful yet under-tapped driving force for climate action.
22 Apr 2024
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A call to action: YSPH co-hosts first climate symposium
The profound impact of climate change on community health was the topic of the 2024 Connecticut Symposium on Climate Change and Health at the Yale School of Public Health.
20 Mar 2024
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Aging Population To Be Major Driver of Future Climate-related Deaths
Population aging constitutes a crucial driver for future heat- and cold-related deaths.
6 Mar 2024
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Tired of health disparities, community leads frontline solutions to climate change
Local community members respond to climate change despite the health and economic disparities they've faced for generations.
13 Feb 2024
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Leaders in Public Health and Dean’s Lecture Spring 2024 speakers announced
The Yale School of Public Health will present two events the second week of February. YSPH and the Yale Poynter Fellowship will feature a Dean's Lecture by journalist and author Linda Villarosa Feb. 12. Ashwin Vasan, commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, will join Dean Megan L. Ranney, MD, for a fireside chat Feb. 15 as part of the Leaders in Public Health – Dean's Speaker Series. Both events will take place in Winslow Auditorium in the LEPH building.
6 Feb 2024
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YSPH Researcher studies climate change’s negative effects on mental health
YSPH associate professor and clinical psychologist Sarah Lowe discusses the connection between climate change and mental health.
5 Feb 2024
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Ozone-related deaths projected to rise without stricter climate, air quality controls
An international study led by scientists at the Yale School of Public Health warns that ozone-related deaths will rise significantly in many parts of the world over the next two decades unless current climate and air quality regulations are strengthened.
23 Jan 2024