Infectious Diseases

Apr 28 2022

The New York Times

Climate change will accelerate viral spillovers, study finds

By Carl Zimmer Photo: Adam Dean

Over the next 50 years, climate change will drive thousands of viruses to jump from one species of mammal to another, according to a study published in Nature on Thursday. The shuffling of viruses among…

Mar 28 2022

Kaiser Health News

Climate change may make the US a “Goldilocks zone” for West Nile Virus

Melissa Bailey Illustration: Lydia Zuraw / KNH

Spring rain, summer drought, and heat created ideal conditions for mosquitoes to spread the West Nile virus through Colorado last year, experts said. West Nile killed 11 people and caused 101 cases of neuroinvasive infections…

Oct 21 2021

The Harvard Gazette

Viewing climate change as a human health problem

By Alvin Powell Photo: AP File Photo

The medical journal The Lancet released its annual “Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change” and a companion brief focused on conditions in the United States. The brief urges action to curb…

Oct 21 2021

AP News

Reports: Health problems tied to global warming on the rise

By Seth Borenstein Photo: Tony Avelar

Health problems tied to climate change are all getting worse, according to two reports published Wednesday.

Oct 20 2021

NPR

Climate change is bad for your health. And plans to boost economies may make it worse

By Nathan Rott Photo: Matt Rourke/AP

It may seem obvious: Heat kills. Wildfires burn. Flooding drowns. But the sprawling health effects of a rapidly warming world can also be subtle. Heat sparks violence and disrupts sleep. Wildfire smoke can trigger respiratory…

Oct 20 2021

The Washington Post

Inaction on climate change imperils millions of lives, doctors say

By Sarah Kaplan Photo: Nick Hagen

Climate change is set to become the “defining narrative of human health,” a top medical journal warned Wednesday — triggering food shortages, deadly disasters and disease outbreaks that would dwarf the toll of the coronavirus.…

Nov 12 2018

POPULAR SCIENCE

Lyme disease is thriving thanks to climate change

By Marlene Cimons

German physician Alfred Buchwald had no clue that the chronic skin inflammation he described in 1883 was the first recorded case of a serious tick-carrying disease, one that would take hold in a small Connecticut…