Climate does impact your health

One of the measures taken to prevent virus transmission has been social distancing and lockdown, but these can have their own negative health impact. A study on the behaviour of teens undertaken during the pandemic identified some of the particular health risks for this group. 

People with Type 1 diabetes need to monitor what's going on with their bodies because they can't make insulin—and it's vital in maintaining blood glucose. An imbalance can be dangerous and damage blood vessels, nerves, and kidneys. 

Updated versions of coronavirus vaccines targeting the Omicron variant have recently been announced by Pfizer and Moderna. There's been an impressive turnaround time and yet still the virus has continued to mutate. 

<p>Many health care professionals are already dealing with the effects of climate change. In this Q&A, the World Health Organization's first-ever Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health, Vanessa Kerry, MD, MSc, joins JAMA Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi to discuss how a ... Show More

Japanese Encephalitis (JEV) is common in Asia but now causing concern in Australia. The rise of JEV in Australia happened when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC) were reporting on climate change—a key aspect of which was the effect of climate on health. Ther ... Show More

We discuss the impact of climate change on today's wildlife. 

<p>Need a climate and health 101? In our debut episode, we speak with <a href="https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/people/our-faculty/jls106" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr. Jeffrey Shaman</a>, Director of the Climate and Health program at Columbia University’ ... Show More

<p>"For all that's ever been said about climate change, we haven't heard nearly enough about the psychological impacts of living in a warming world," says science writer Britt Wray. In this quick talk, she explores how climate change is threatening our well-being -- mental, socia ... Show More

<p>Dans un rapport, publié en août dernier, les experts climatiques des Nations Unies ont estimé que, d'ici 2030, la planète se réchaufferait de 1,5°C supplémentaire. Parmi les raisons qui doivent inciter à limiter ce réchauffement climatique, figurent ses conséquences dommageabl ... Show More

<p>We often talk about the physical costs of climate change; the economic fallout, the effect on livelihoods and damage to the earth. But all of the changes to our world caused by global warming will have an effect on our minds, our mental health too. Earlier this year the menta ... Show More

Erhöhte Hitze und Ozonkonzentrationen, Feinstaubbelastung, Unwetter – auch in Deutschland ist der Klimawandel zu spüren und er wirkt sich auch auf unsere Gesundheit aus. Was wissen wir über die medizinischen Folgen des Klimawandels? Welche Menschen leiden besonders darunter und w ... Show More

Climate change has long been an existential threat, but for many young people, government inaction and increasing natural disasters are now taking a mental toll. Psychologists describe this phenomenon as climate anxiety, or ecological grief. On this episode, Dr. Sanjay Gupta talk ... Show More