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Roman Plagues Struck During Cool, Dry Periods

by Amy Mayer 28 February 20249 September 2024

Marine sediments from the Gulf of Taranto offer a high-resolution look at climate during ancient disease outbreaks.

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OneHealth, Climate Change, and Infectious Microbes

by Antarpreet Jutla, Gabriel Filippelli, Katherine D. McMahon, Susannah G. Tringe, Rita R. Colwell, Helen Nguyen and Michael J. Imperiale 31 January 20249 September 2024

AGU and ASM welcome submissions to a joint special collection focusing on the impacts of climate change and microbes on human well-being.

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COVID-19 Got You Feeling Under the Weather? Maybe Blame…the Weather

by Saima May Sidik 29 March 20239 September 2024

High humidity and low temperature altered COVID-19 spread in Brazil, but only slightly.

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Mental Illness Can Be Deadly During Heat Waves

by Saima May Sidik 22 March 20239 September 2024

Schizophrenia topped the list of conditions associated with death during the 2021 extreme heat event in British Columbia.

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Climate Change Has Already Aggravated 58% of Infectious Diseases

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 23 August 20229 September 2024

Global warming has, in certain instances, amped up some of the world’s most deadly diseases.

Un niño pone su mano bajo la lluvia. El niño viste una playera roja con mangas cortas azules y detrás de él se observan otras dos figuras humanas.
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El cambio climático podría cambiar el perfil patogénico de las enfermedades diarreicas

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 16 August 20229 September 2024

Una enfermedad causada por rotavirus podría disminuir a medida que aumenta la temperatura, mientras que las condiciones más húmedas podrían favorecer a algunos competidores bacterianos.

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Higher Lead Concentrations Found in Diseased Bones

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 8 June 20229 September 2024

Researchers compared trace element concentrations in patients with and without osteoporosis, finding possible differences in bone geochemistry between the groups.

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Climate Change Could Reshape Pathogen Profile of Diarrheal Disease

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 27 January 20229 September 2024

An illness caused by rotavirus could recede as temperatures warm, whereas wetter conditions might favor some bacterial competitors.

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Rethinking How Valley Fever Spreads

by Saima May Sidik 20 January 20229 September 2024

Scientists have long assumed that dust storms lead to infections with the desert soil fungus Coccidioides, but new evidence suggests otherwise.

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Air Pollution Poses Inequitable Health Risks in Washington, D.C.

by Alexandra K. Scammell 23 November 20219 September 2024

Certain health risks are greatest in neighborhoods with higher proportions of people of color and lower levels of income and education.

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