Now is the time to get vaccinated, as the holidays – and respiratory virus season – ramp up

U.S. Covid hospitalizations rising as the new JN.1 variant and flu spread

COP28: The climate crisis is also a health crisis

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Climate change is directly contributing to humanitarian emergencies spared by heatwaves, wildfires, floods, tropical storms and hurricanes. Those and similar climate shocks are only increasing in scale, frequency and intensity.

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Uganda takes the lead: piloting the Global guidance framework for the responsible use of the life sciences: mitigating biorisks and governing dual-use research

Over 40 million health professionals demand bold health and climate action at COP28

Five grassroots climate justice movements COP28 could learn from

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Still, the annual UN summits have often been described as talk shops that do little to fundamentally improve the planet’s chances of surviving warming temperatures, or to ensure climate justice.

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The surprising environmental cost of rapid testing, mosquito nets, and other lifesaving health products

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Altogether, these products — including mosquito nets, rapid testing, pills, and injectables — contribute nearly 3.5 megatons of greenhouse gases (GHG) per year, more than the total emissions of the city of Geneva. Reducing their use isn’t an option. But the report points to strategies that could lead to 70% reduction in emissions by 2030, many of which could be implemented at no additional costs. 

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Vaccinated People Are 4 Times Less Likely to Get Long COVID --study

Vaccinated People Are 4 Times Less Likely to Get Long COVID | TIME

People vaccinated before their first case of COVID-19 are diagnosed with Long COVID almost four times less than unvaccinated people, suggests a large new study published Nov. 22 in the BMJ.

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In Antarctica , UN chief sounds warning about global warming affecting ice melting and ocean levels

UN climate chief says world stands on frontline of climate disaster at Cop28,

 

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Oil, gas producers must play bigger role in reaching climate goals--IEA head

Opinion: The infectious disease doctor shortage threatens future pandemic preparedness

Half of COVID survivors still had symptoms at 3 years, more reinfections amid Omicron--China study

 

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Biden administration clean energy agenda faces growing difficulties

Air Pollution: Coal-fired plant air polution is much more deadly than originally thought--study

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