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Focusing on climate & health and the public health aspects from climate change.

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Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign

Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

30.08.2025 18:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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In a Hotter World, Some People Age Faster, Researchers Find

In a Hotter World, Some People Age Faster, Researchers Find www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...

25.08.2025 18:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Witkoff delivered Russian medal from Putin to family of American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024 | CNN Politics US special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered a Russian medal to the grieving family of an American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024, a senior administration official told CNN.

Can you imagine a US envoy handing a Nazi medal to the family of an American who died fighting for Hitler? Because this just happened:
www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/p...

21.08.2025 08:01 👍 2578 🔁 1097 💬 187 📌 90
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How a mysterious epidemic of kidney disease is killing thousands of young men Repeated damage from extreme heat over time seems to be a leading factor causing kidneys to fail.

Our fellow Dr. Catharina Giudice shares in @nature.com how repeated exposure to extreme #heat can lead to kidney failure.

“You’re having this acute kidney injury day after day... progress[ing] to a state where the cells can’t recover fully.”
loom.ly/aWtlkVw

23.06.2025 14:12 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Extreme Heat Is Exacerbating Air Pollution, a ‘Double Whammy’ for Health Extreme heat is making air pollution worse, scientists say. And President Trump’s regulatory rollbacks could drive air pollution even higher.

Extreme heat & air pollution are a "double whammy" threat to public health, increasing hospital visits for respiratory, heart & mental health, says our director @maryrice-lungdr.bsky.social to @NYTimes.com. Rollbacks to air quality regulations threaten to make pollution worse https://loom.ly/BURs3N0

24.06.2025 12:20 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 3
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Democrats and climate groups ‘too polite’ in fight against ‘malevolent’ fossil fuel giants, says key senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island gives 300th climate speech on the US Senate floor

The Democratic party and the climate movement have been “too cautious and polite” and should instead be denouncing the fossil fuel industry’s “huge denial operation”, the US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said in a sit down interview this week.

13.07.2025 19:34 👍 40 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 3

»Recensionen gör inte verket rättvisa, men sammanfattningsvis är boken ett synnerligen genomarbetat standardverk inom klimatmedicin. Den bör läsas av alla inom …

11.03.2025 11:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Global Shield Briefing (18 February 2025) Domestic readiness, precise threat estimates, citizen-led policy, and local response efforts

open.substack.com/pub/globalsh...

18.02.2025 13:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | Trump is Ending the American-Led World Order The Trump administration is leading the world into a chaotic global order.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...

12.02.2025 21:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Yale Online Climate Change and Health Certificate Program for Working Professionals Climate change is arguably the greatest public health threat faced by humanity. Governmental and nongovernmental organizations like the World Health

Highly recommended
ysph.yale.edu/cchcert/

11.02.2025 21:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | Trump, Musk and DOGE Are Tearing Apart the Government Musk and Trump are launching a frontal assault on the concept of democratic governance

Yes, it is a war on public health and it will have devastating consequences.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

05.02.2025 20:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Of course it’s a coup Miss the obvious, lose your republic

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05.02.2025 14:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An image of the top of a stylized analog clock, the Doomsday Clock, with a wide black border on top, solid black circles instead of numbers, and the tops of the minute and hour arms visible, close to midnight.

An image of the top of a stylized analog clock, the Doomsday Clock, with a wide black border on top, solid black circles instead of numbers, and the tops of the minute and hour arms visible, close to midnight.

The 2025 #DoomsdayClock announcement is today at 10:00am EST / 1500 GMT.

Watch the livestream on YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, or our website: bit.ly/411huC5

28.01.2025 13:07 👍 35 🔁 22 💬 1 📌 5
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Vala Flosadottir on LinkedIn: #klimatmedicin #hälsoochsjukvård #medicin #vård Andreas Vilhelmsson, redaktör för boken Klimatmedicin, föreläste idag tillsammans med några av de medverkande författarna om hur klimatförändringar och hälsa…

www.linkedin.com/posts/vala-f...

05.01.2025 08:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump team takes aim at crown jewel of US climate research A top aide to the president-elect wants tighter control over the National Climate Assessment.

www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

05.01.2025 08:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Surgeon General calls for new label on drinks to warn Americans of alcohol's cancer risk Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday.

Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday.

03.01.2025 18:36 👍 226 🔁 57 💬 30 📌 11
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📣 Surveys Extended! Help shape climate and health education—share widely!

The GCCHE and partners are surveying public health and medical schools worldwide on integrating climate change and health curricula. Your input contributes to a global indicator! www.publichealth.columbia.edu/research/pro...

03.01.2025 20:43 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The role of trait mindfulness in moderating climate distress during wildfire season Extreme worry about climate change can lead to maladaptive climate distress, defined as avoiding negative thoughts and feelings about climate. Avoiding negative thoughts and feelings (“experiential av...

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28.12.2024 18:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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”Läkare har en möjlighet att påverka” - Studio Ett Vad är antropocentrisk massa? Vad gör värme med oss människor och vad kan ett kärnvapenkrig få för konsekvenser? Svaren finns i en ny bok, Klimatmedicin, ...

sverigesradio.se/artikel/laka...

28.12.2024 18:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Climate change is the worst. Here's just how bad it got this year. The big news in Earth science this year was all about climate change, with extreme weather, flooding and drought attributed to warming. Scientists also warned about much worse to come if we don't rein...

www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

28.12.2024 18:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0