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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]
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]
The U.S. sovereign fiscal profile is likely to weaken under either of the candidates in the Nov. 5 presidential election - Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, the agency said in a ...
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 ...
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 ...
Long-term exposure to PM2.5 increases exposure and risk to a number of health problems, especially respiratory illnesses. The reality is that the poorest communities of color are often the most at ...
The GCRA requires a report to the President and the Congress every four years that integrates, evaluates, and interprets the findings of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP); analyzes the effects of global change on the natural environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water resources, transportation, human ...