Public health experts are cautioning that children are more susceptible to heat illness than adults are. (via KHNews)
looms large,” referring to a federal housing policy that refused to insure mortgages in or near predominantly Black neighborhoods.
This month, Bernstein, who leads Harvard’s Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, co-authored a commentary in JAMA arguing that advancing health equity is critical to action on climate change.to help their predominantly low-income patients respond to the health impacts of climate change. Federally backed clinics alone provide care to about 30 million Americans, including many children, he said.
Helping people better understand the health risks of extreme heat and how to protect themselves and their families are among the public health system’s major challenges, experts said. The center developed a new heat alert system, which is being tested in Seville, Spain, historically one of the hottest cities in Europe.
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