As Animals Migrate Because of Climate Change, Thousands of New Viruses Will Hop From Wildlife to Humans—and Mitigation Won’t Stop Them
Long before the world had ever heard of COVID-19, Colin J. Carlson and a team of researchers began work on a study that explored how climate change and the destruction of wildlife habitats might affect how diseases are spread from animals to people.
santé pandémiesNächtliche Hitze, weniger Schlaf
Steigende Temperaturen wirken sich vor allem für Frauen negativ auf die Schlafdauer und damit auf die Gesundheit aus. (Foto: Pedro Simões/Wikimedia Commons) Einen kühlen Kopf bewahren – das ist besonders wichtig, wenn wir schlafen. Unser Körper senkt seine Temperatur, wenn wir müde werden.
santéFossil Fuels Aren’t Just Harming the Planet. They’re Making Us Sick
A pregnant woman receives an exam from her doctor. Biomonitoring studies have measured at least 43 chemicals from diverse classes of chemical compounds in 99-100% of pregnant women in the United States. Credit: Jason Connolly/AFP via Getty Images
én. fossile santé‘Potentially devastating’: Climate crisis may fuel future pandemics
There will be at least 15,000 instances of viruses leaping between species over the next 50 years, with the climate crisis helping fuel a “potentially devastating” spread of disease that will imperil animals and people and risk further pandemics, researchers have warned.
santé pandémiesWe Created the ‘Pandemicene’
For the world’s viruses, this is a time of unprecedented opportunity. An estimated 40,000 viruses lurk in the bodies of mammals, of which a quarter could conceivably infect humans. Most do not, because they have few chances to leap into our bodies. But those chances are growing.
santé pandémiesClimate change is our greatest health challenge – we must act to protect future generations
Why are Australia’s doctors and health researchers pushing so hard for climate change action as we move towards a federal election? Global warming is an unprecedented practical and ethical challenge to the health sector in Australia and around the world which demands urgent action.
santéHitze, Luftverschmutzung, Viren – die Klimakrise macht uns krank
Vor der Klimakonferenz in Glasgow (COP 26) haben 600 Organisationen, die 46 Millionen Ärzt:innen und Medizin-Fachleute auf der ganzen Welt vertreten, einen offenen Brief an Politiker:innen und Verhandlungsdelegationen geschickt, mit dem dringenden Aufruf mehr gegen die Klimakrise zu tun.
santéClimate Change Enters the Therapy Room
To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. PORTLAND, Ore. — It would hit Alina Black in the snack aisle at Trader Joe’s, a wave of guilt and shame that made her skin crawl.
santé psychol. & santé ment.Forscher liefern erstmals Nachweis – Klimaschutz nützt der Gesundheit – und dem Portemonnaie
Vegan essen, Velo fahren und Gebäudesanierungen verbessern das Wohlergehen der Menschen und deren finanzielle Situation. Das zeigt eine aufwendige internationale Studie. Klimaschutz wird oft mit Einschränkungen, Verzicht und reduziertem Komfort assoziiert.
santé Style de vieBaby Born 19 Weeks Early Defies Long Odds and Astonishes Doctors
Curtis Means, now 16 months old, reflects a troubling trend of premature births across the United States, a problem that some research has associated with climate change. Michelle Butler was 21 weeks pregnant with twins — a boy and a girl — when she felt contractions.
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