What you don’t know won’t kill you” is a common Ghanaian adage. But when it comes to climate change, ignorance is proving not only dangerous, but also deadly. Across the country, there are signs of ...

Some climate researchers believe diseases typically found in tropical regions, such as dengue and chikungunya, could become ...

As summer ushers in peak mosquito season, health and vector control officials are bracing for the possibility of another year ...

African countries had 14 of the world’s 67 heat extreme events last year, and several had at least three months of hotter ...

Discover 5 dangerous drug-resistant fungi posing epidemic threats. Learn how these deadly superbugs are spreading and what ...

As climate-driven weather extremes fuel fires across the U.S. West, the tendency of residents to spend more time indoors may be accelerating the spread of infectious diseases, a new study has ...

KIGALI- Climate change poses a growing and potentially disastrous threat to global health, acting as a catalyst for outbreaks of new and re-emerging diseases. A recent report published in the ...

Climate change shapes where and how we live. That's why NPR is dedicating a week to stories about solutions for building and living on a hotter planet. COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Sometimes, a single ...

This pilot project explores how climate change—particularly unseasonal temperatures and heatwaves—affects people living with chronic diseases. Bringing together expertise in health, climate science, ...

“This issue, though, is separate from the question of whether CO2 emissions from U.S. power plants significantly contribute to climate change that harms public health or welfare,” he said.

AI and climate change redefine global disease surveillance The United States and China are the top contributors to early warning system research, collectively accounting for more than half of all ...

The Trump administration plans to get rid of all limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel interests hailed the proposal, which likely faces legal ...