Climate change is no longer a distant environmental concern it’s a present day health crisis. Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and shifting ecosystems are altering the conditions we live ...

With scientists warning that 2024 will likely beat 2023 as the hottest year on record, there is growing acknowledgment that climate change—and especially extreme heat—presents a top threat to global ...

Physicians and scientists outline how extreme heat, wildfires, and infectious diseases threaten Americans as climate policies ...

The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that ...

Rising carbon dioxide levels are being detected within the human body, with new research warning a key blood marker for the gas could near its healthy limit within decades if current trends continue.

As the climate warms, wildfire smoke could become far deadlier in the United States, with projections estimating up to 64,000 ...

Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Effects of Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions on U.S ...

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Nicholas St. Fleur covered the intersection of race, medicine, and the life sciences. He hosted STAT’s health equity podcast, Color Code. Vanessa Kerry, a pulmonary and critical care physician, ...

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Human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases and resulting climate change harm the health of people in the United States. Evidence since 2009 supports and strengthens EPA (2009a) conclusions and has ...

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