https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health Heat, air, water, and the medicine of a warming world. en-us https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/dichloropropane-epa-tsca-risk-evaluation https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/dichloropropane-epa-tsca-risk-evaluation In a draft TSCA evaluation open for comment until 3 November, EPA preliminarily found the industrial solvent poses unreasonable risk to health. IARC classifies it as a Group 1 human carcinogen. Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/prenatal-heat-wave-child-kidney-function https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/prenatal-heat-wave-child-kidney-function A Chinese birth cohort of 1,278 pairs found higher prenatal temperatures and heatwaves — especially in the second trimester — tracked with higher creatinine and urea in early childhood. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/oil-gas-wells-coccidioidomycosis-kern https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/oil-gas-wells-coccidioidomycosis-kern A case-crossover study in Kern County found the odds of coccidioidomycosis were about 12.5% higher in the 90 days after a new well was developed within 5 km of home. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/china-clean-air-act-cardiovascular-risk https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/china-clean-air-act-cardiovascular-risk A prospective, quasi-experimental study links the air-quality gains after China's 2013 Clean Air Act to an average 6.6-percentage-point reduction in predicted cardiovascular risk. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/air-pollution-life-satisfaction-twins https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/air-pollution-life-satisfaction-twins Analysing 4,504 German twins, researchers found the pollution–wellbeing link ran mostly between families, not within twin pairs — pointing to shared circumstances as much as the air itself. Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/thunderstorm-asthma-evidence https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/thunderstorm-asthma-evidence Most people who presented did not have diagnosed asthma. The investigation into the 2016 epidemic thunderstorm asthma event identified who was at risk, and it was not who health services expected. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/pfas-what-the-evidence-supports https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/pfas-what-the-evidence-supports The 2024 US drinking water limits are the reference point for almost every PFAS conversation. Four of the six regulated substances are now the subject of a proposed rescission. Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/c8-cohort-pfoa-mortality-ohio-valley https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/c8-cohort-pfoa-mortality-ohio-valley Thirty-two thousand mid-Ohio Valley residents with high PFOA exposure were tracked through 2021. Of 22 causes of death examined, one trend was significant and the authors themselves urge caution. Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/6ppd-quinone-tire-chemical-and-cognition https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/6ppd-quinone-tire-chemical-and-cognition Two papers landed within a week: a global map showing 6PPD-quinone taking over from its parent compound along the way to water, and the first human study linking it to cognition. Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/pollen-season-warming-attribution https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/pollen-season-warming-attribution A detection-and-attribution study across 60 pollen stations found seasons 20 days longer and concentrations 21% higher since 1990 — and separated how much of that trend is anthropogenic. Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/calama-chile-school-dust-mining https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/calama-chile-school-dust-mining Dust sampled inside 38 schools in Calama carried copper, arsenic, lead and molybdenum at levels that tracked the outdoor air — with almost no attenuation for arsenic and lead. Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/kuwait-heat-index-14-year-trend https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/kuwait-heat-index-14-year-trend A 14-year hourly analysis of the heat index finds a rising trend and a 2025 that set records, with a 'feels-like' temperature reaching 52C as early as 7am on some days. Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/heat-related-diagnoses-chicago-phoenix https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/heat-related-diagnoses-chicago-phoenix One study screened 916,904 acute-care visits to find which diagnoses actually rise with extreme heat. Another, in Phoenix, asks a prior question: who calls for help at all. Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/iraq-cchf-thi-qar-surveillance https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/iraq-cchf-thi-qar-surveillance A study of 806 suspected cases found nearly a quarter were confirmed Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, all the main risk factors tied to livestock handling — as warming expands the range of the ticks that carry it. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/children-humid-heat-attribution https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/children-humid-heat-attribution Two papers landed the same day. An attribution analysis puts children aged 0–9 at roughly three times the added humid-heat exposure of people in their sixties; a German cohort counts the emergency visits. Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/heat-maternal-stress-ghana-graphs https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/heat-maternal-stress-ghana-graphs Each 1 degree C rise in average maximum wet bulb globe temperature across pregnancy was associated with 64% higher odds of a higher stress category — an association, in one cohort, with no mechanism established. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/clean-air-policy-child-cognition https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/clean-air-policy-child-cognition Three successive birth cohorts over 22 years show falling prenatal pollution and rising test scores together. A separate review explains why the pathway from one to the other is still poorly mapped. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/heat-mental-health-children-meta-analysis https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/heat-mental-health-children-meta-analysis Twenty-three studies, mostly from the US and China, found mental health risk rising with temperature. Nowhere in the Pacific or Africa was represented. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/august-2026-southern-heat-wave-records https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/august-2026-southern-heat-wave-records Dallas has held 105°F for five straight days, Texas drought jumped 20 points in a week, and more than 70 million people have been under heat alerts — with little rain in sight. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/pfas-indoor-air-schools-and-homes https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/pfas-indoor-air-schools-and-homes Eight primary schools in Porto and 40 homes in the Faroe Islands were sampled by different teams asking the same question: how much of a person's PFAS exposure never touches food or water. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/heat-attribution-854-european-cities-2000-2025 https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/heat-attribution-854-european-cities-2000-2025 Researchers modelled 854 European cities under the climate that exists and the one that would have existed without human warming. The attributable share rose from 45% to 64%. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/australia-heat-smoke-health-system-utilisation https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/australia-heat-smoke-health-system-utilisation A national study built for Australia's first Climate Risk Assessment separates the two exposures across ED, inpatient, GP and prescription data. They do not act on the health system the same way. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/heat-deaths-climate-attribution-2026 https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/heat-deaths-climate-attribution-2026 More than 2,700 people died in England and Wales during the May and June heatwaves. An attribution study assigns roughly 42% of those deaths to warming. Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/pfas-sources-landfill-leachate-china-inventory https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/pfas-sources-landfill-leachate-china-inventory A 22-country survey of landfill leachate and a 39-year Chinese emissions inventory point at the same conclusion — production controls have shifted the problem to waste streams. Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/no2-paediatric-asthma-burden https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/no2-paediatric-asthma-burden A global modelling study puts four million new paediatric asthma cases a year on ambient nitrogen dioxide — and finds that 92% of them occur below the WHO guideline concentration. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/buruli-ulcer-decline-benin-water-temperature https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/buruli-ulcer-decline-benin-water-temperature Sixteen years of PCR-confirmed data show Buruli ulcer incidence down nearly 80%. Over the same period open water surfaces shrank 25–30% and mean air temperature rose by more than 1°C. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/prenatal-wildfire-smoke-us-births https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/prenatal-wildfire-smoke-us-births A 34-million-birth analysis maps how far smoke travels from the fires that make it. A companion review is blunt that what that exposure does, beyond the lungs, is still unsettled. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/hurricane-impact-based-alerts-evacuation-study https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/hurricane-impact-based-alerts-evacuation-study Storm surge warnings that described likely damage rather than just naming the phenomenon increased people's stated evacuation intentions — with the biggest effect on people who'd never evacuated before. Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/counting-heat-deaths-surveillance-gap https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/counting-heat-deaths-surveillance-gap Maricopa County runs some of the most detailed heat mortality surveillance in the US. A distributed lag model applied to the same five years put the toll far higher — and the gap is the method, not a scandal. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/amazon-smoke-deforestation-cardiorespiratory-deaths https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/amazon-smoke-deforestation-cardiorespiratory-deaths Fine particulate exposure in seven Amazonian capitals was tied to about 5,472 circulatory and 2,621 respiratory deaths over six years. A separate analysis finds cardiac mortality rising with forest loss. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/global-heat-stress-exposure-surge https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/global-heat-stress-exposure-surge An analysis of global temperature data from 1950 to 2024 finds the share of the world's population facing dangerous heat-stress days has climbed sharply since the 1970s, summarized this month in JAMA. Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/outdoor-worker-heat-exposure-massachusetts https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/outdoor-worker-heat-exposure-massachusetts Researchers built an occupation-by-occupation exposure matrix to identify who's most exposed to climate-related heat on the job — construction workers, men, and Native American workers topped the list. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/health-care-carbon-footprint-inequality https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/health-care-carbon-footprint-inequality A 121-country model finds health-system emissions are as unequally distributed as the care itself — and that cutting them may not require cutting care. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/china-heat-waves-kidney-disease-mortality https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/china-heat-waves-kidney-disease-mortality A national case-crossover study of 236,260 chronic kidney disease deaths finds women, over-65s and people in cooler regions most affected — and projects the burden nearly quadrupling by the 2090s. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/world-cup-2026-heat-risk-protocols https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/world-cup-2026-heat-risk-protocols As the 2026 World Cup opens, researchers point to last year's Club World Cup as a preview: 31 of 57 matches were played at heat levels guidelines say should have stopped play. Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/firefighter-heat-rehydration-trial https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/firefighter-heat-rehydration-trial Twenty-four firefighters completed a simulated fire scenario in full protective equipment. Electrolyte drinks beat plain water on several recovery measures, with one preserving jump power. Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/urban-tree-cover-unequal-cooling https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/urban-tree-cover-unequal-cooling A global estimate across 8,919 urban areas finds both numbers are true at once — and that the cooling lands hardest in the places that need it least. Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/heat-alert-thresholds-miss-quarter-of-deaths https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/heat-alert-thresholds-miss-quarter-of-deaths An analysis of nearly 30 years of confirmed heat deaths finds many occurred well under standard alert thresholds, and that humidity-based measures may track risk more consistently. Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/extreme-heat-insurance-claims-cost-study https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/extreme-heat-insurance-claims-cost-study An analysis of insurance claims from 2016 to 2023 found extreme heat consistently drove up emergency department use and cost across commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage plans. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/hajj-2024-heat-illness-burden https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/hajj-2024-heat-illness-burden A study across nine facilities in Makkah recorded 1,576 cases of heat exhaustion or heatstroke and a 4.9% mortality rate — in a region where heat-health research remains remarkably thin. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/extreme-cold-versus-heat-mortality-meta-analysis https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/extreme-cold-versus-heat-mortality-meta-analysis A meta-analysis spanning two decades of research found extreme cold carried a higher relative risk of death than extreme heat or heatwaves — even as warming shifts public attention toward summer temperatures. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/temperature-deaths-education-gap-us https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/temperature-deaths-education-gap-us A 14-year national analysis finds temperature-related death rates rising fastest in the group that started highest — and the same pattern in cold deaths, which fell for everyone else. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/march-2026-southwest-heat-attribution https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/march-2026-southwest-heat-attribution A rapid attribution study finds human-caused warming made this month's record Southwest heat wave far more likely, and doctors warn the early timing caught people unacclimatized. Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/allergy-season-lengthening-2026-report https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/allergy-season-lengthening-2026-report A new analysis of 198 cities finds 87% have a longer freeze-free growing season than in 1970 — up to 100 extra days in Reno — pushing pollen exposure further into the calendar. Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/bushfire-harm-adolescent-mental-health-24-months https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/bushfire-harm-adolescent-mental-health-24-months Australian teenagers harmed by the Black Summer fires showed no elevated depression, anxiety, distress, insomnia or suicidality two years later. The result runs against a systematic review published months earlier. Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/air-pollution-and-winter-viruses https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/air-pollution-and-winter-viruses Two February papers put respiratory virus activity into the models. One finds pollution effects amplified at peak influenza; the other finds them attenuated when rhinovirus is high. Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/heat-air-pollution-suicide-risk https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/heat-air-pollution-suicide-risk A Utah case-crossover analysis found heat stress and pollution interacting synergistically in the warm season. A Louisiana crisis-hotline study traced hot nights to sleep disruption and unmet basic needs. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/cold-january-inside-a-warm-year https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/cold-january-inside-a-warm-year A wavier jet stream delivered severe cold to three continents in a month that was 1.47°C above pre-industrial globally. Two new studies quantify what cold still does to mortality. Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/synchronous-fire-weather-smoke-costs https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/synchronous-fire-weather-smoke-costs Synchronous fire weather more than doubled in most regions between 1979 and 2024, and over half the increase is attributed to human-caused climate change. A separate paper prices the smoke. Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/gauteng-heat-action-plan-benchmarking https://www.healthnewspapers.com/climate-health/gauteng-heat-action-plan-benchmarking A scoping review found 36 studies on heat and health, only 13 with Gauteng data. Rather than wait for more, the authors borrowed designs from Victoria, Maharashtra and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT climate-health