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Climate change, the World Health Organization says, is the “single biggest health threat facing humanity.” Climate-driven malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and heat stress are projected to kill ...
Website. www.hhs.gov. The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". [3]
This was particularly true with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic, [2] but also included suppressing research on climate change and weakening or eliminating environmental regulations. [3] Trump and his appointees pressured federal health and science agencies to take particular actions that Trump favored and to support his public pronouncements.
Changes in climate can cause decreasing yields for some crops and regions, resulting in higher food prices, food insecurity, and undernutrition. Climate change can also reduce water security. These factors together can lead to increasing poverty, human migration, violent conflict, and mental health issues. [7][8][3]
Climate change and conflict risk overshadowing efforts to improve people's health, when in reality the issues overlap, Peter Sands, head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria ...
Malnutrition is the world's worst child health crisis and climate change will only make things more severe, according to Microsoft-co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates. Between now and 2050 ...
If you live near a factory that pollutes the air, it puts you and your children at increased health risks. Living in an area with few hospitals or physicians means less access to preventive care ...
Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) 2017/2018 is a 1,500 page two-part congressionally mandated report by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) [ 1] —the first of its kind by the Trump administration, who released the report on November 23, 2018. [ 2] The climate assessment process, with a report to be submitted to Congress ...