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Posted January 29, 2020 Members in Action

The 2010s Taught Us Climate Change Is Affecting Our Health

Dr. Darragh O'Carroll writes about how climate change is affecting our health regardless of culture, origin, or belief. The longer we fail to act the longer Earth’s health will continue....

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Posted January 7, 2020 Champions of the Month, Members in Action

January 2020 Champion!

Dr. Pathak, an internal medicine physician and medical editor at WebMD, believes physicians should encourage their patients toward climate action to protect or improve their health.  
Posted November 8, 2019 Members in Action

The potential health costs of climate change are huge, report finds

“Our warming planet is putting millions of us at risk for heat-related illness and even death,” says Kim Knowlton of the Natural Resources Defense Council.  
Posted October 21, 2019 Members in Action

Dr. Jonathan Patz Elected to National Academy of Medicine

Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPH, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of his pioneering research on climate....

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Posted October 20, 2019 Champions of the Month, Members in Action

December 2019 Champion!

Dr. Morgan is an orthopedic surgeon in Sarasota, Florida, and understands the link between the climate crisis and health, especially among low-income minority patients.    
Posted October 9, 2019 Members in Action

A physician says we need to connect the dots between worsening health and climate change.

Dr. Susan Miller writes about how doctors are already seeing the impact of climate change - drought, extreme heat, and floods - on their patients' health.  
Posted October 9, 2019 Champions of the Month, Members in Action

October 2019 Champion!

Dr. Bansal, Florida Hospitalist and Lifestyle Medicine Physician, talks about the effects of Climate Change on Health and the Environment.    
Posted October 8, 2019 Members in Action

Air Pollution Kills as Many People as Cigarettes

Dr. Neha Pathak writes about how the science clearly shows that unhealthy air is dangerous. Air pollution increases the risk of serious health problems.  
Posted September 3, 2019 Members in Action

Healing and Sustaining a ‘Good Enough’ Mother Earth: The Physicians’ Call to Action

Drs David Pollack and Robin Cooper write about how human-caused climate change is threatening the health of the planet, Mother Earth, and all its inhabitants.  
Posted September 1, 2019 Champions of the Month, Members in Action

September 2019 Champion!

Dr. Marcalee Alexander is working on the climate crisis literally one step at a time, as she walks on an awareness-raising mission from Campobello Island to Key West, Florida.  
Posted August 22, 2019 Members in Action

Prioritizing Health in a Changing Climate

Drs. Renee N. Salas, Debra Malina, and Caren G. Solomons write about how the medical community have a responsibility and opportunity to mobilize the urgent, large-scale climate action required to....

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Posted August 22, 2019 Members in Action

A New Era of Climate Medicine – Addressing Heat-Triggered Renal Disease

As stewards of community health, Drs. Cecilia Sorensen and Ramon Garcia-Trabanino write about seeing the casualties of climate change firsthand.  
Posted August 9, 2019 Media: Op-eds and LTEs, Members in Action

Public Service Commission should set ambitious energy saving goals for power companies

As physicians on the front line of public health, Drs. Cheryl Holder and Todd Sack know that energy efficiency reduces pollution, improves human health, and lowers energy costs.  
Posted August 9, 2019 Media: Op-eds and LTEs, Members in Action

Climate change is making us sicker

Dr. Homan Wai writes about the increasing health impacts, due to our warming and increasingly unstable climate. The time to act is now to protect our health!  
Posted July 25, 2019 Members in Action

Climate Change and Health: A Call to Social Workers

Carrie Dorn writes about how social workers can help clients recognize and address emotional, health, and environmental factors to improve well-being.  
Posted July 24, 2019 Media: Op-eds and LTEs, Members in Action

The climate of American medicine

Dr. Sam Stea appeals to doctors, nurses, friends and peers, that now is the time we must acknowledge climate change as the grave health crisis it will most certainly become....

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Posted July 13, 2019 Champions of the Month, Members in Action

July 2019 Champion!

As the climate crisis intensifies, brutal days become more common, which puts more Floridians in greater danger – a health risk that Dr. Todd Sack wishes more people realized.  
Posted July 12, 2019 Media: Op-eds and LTEs, Members in Action

Extreme Heat in Miami Will Only Get Worse, Scientists Warn

Miami has broken heat records left and right this summer, but scientists say this is just the beginning.    
Posted July 10, 2019 Media: Op-eds and LTEs, Members in Action

Climate change a threat to public health

The directors for the Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate write about how climate change is affecting public health in Montana.  
Posted June 6, 2019 Media: Op-eds and LTEs, Members in Action

The Case of Juliana v. U.S. — Children and the Health Burdens of Climate Change

Drs Renee N. Salas, Wendy Jacobs, and Frederica Perera write about the case of Juliana v. U.S. — Children and the Health Burdens of Climate Change.  
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The Consortium is hosted by the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication in collaboration with Sean N. Parker Center at the Stanford School of Medicine.

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