Tag: Climate Change and Health Impacts
Most pharmacy students knew about climate change, but fewer acted
Pharmacy students in Karachi show climate awareness but lack engagement in mitigation efforts. Curriculum integration could strengthen healthcare resilience.
Global coral heat stress reached record levels from 2018 to 2025
The 4th global coral bleaching event shows 87% of reefs in continuous heat stress since 2018, marking a shift to near-annual bleaching that overwhelms coral recovery capacity.
Clean energy transitions in low-income countries can improve health and equity
Framework for accelerating clean energy transitions in low-income and middle-income countries through health-centered priorities, targeted subsidies, and integrated service delivery.
Rising temperatures are linked to more physical inactivity
Panel study quantifying climate change effects on physical inactivity across 156 countries, projecting 0.47–0.70 million excess deaths and $2.40–3.68 billion productivity losses by 2050.
Climate change risks brain health in the Euro-Mediterranean region
Examine climate change impacts on European brain health through risk management frameworks, addressing tropicalization threats, adaptive capacity, and evidence-based prevention strategies.
Catholic social teaching is applied to climate change and nursing
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in TheologyArticle explores Catholic Christian responses to climate change through papal encyclicals Laudato Si and Laudato Deum, examining moral justice teachings for nurses of faith.
Regular home visits were not linked to fewer ED visits during heat
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in MedicineCohort study of 597,388 dual-eligible older adults found no significant association between weekly Medicaid home visits preceding extreme heat events and reduced ED visit rates during those events.
