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Climate change spurs big new plan for health …

WEBThe research plan is based on the following objectives. Identify risks and optimize benefits to the health of individuals, communities, and populations from actions to mitigate or …

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URL: https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/2022/1/feature/2-feature-climate-change-and-health

Empowering women, improving health: NIEHS conference …

WEB“Transforming Communities by Enhancing Women’s Health” was the theme of the eighth annual NIEHS Women's Health Awareness (WHA) conference, which was held on April …

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Environment and mental health — intimately connected, …

WEBIndividual factors such as the microbiome.; Natural and built components include green spaces, housing, and highways, which may play a role in health disparities.; Social …

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Environmental factors are key contributors to health …

WEBOur environment, shaped by where we live, what we are exposed to, and the policies that regulate exposures, can help to identify and address health inequities, said Ana Diez …

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Resilience is key to overcoming global health challenges

WEBThe cross-cutting NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative is an effort to reduce health threats from climate change and build health resilience in individuals, communities, and …

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Increasing evidence links air pollution with breast cancer

WEBNitrogen dioxide (NO2) and nitrogen oxides — both proxies for traffic-related air pollution — were linked to breast cancer. Three years on, findings from an updated review showed …

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New class of seven Climate and Health Scholars named

WEBSeven scholars were selected to share their specialized knowledge with National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers as part of the NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative.The …

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Environment plays underappreciated role in infectious …

WEBAttendees also examined how recent advances in climate and environmental health modeling techniques could be used to predict the dynamics of transmission and provide …

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Community engagement critical to addressing women’s …

WEBJoan Packenham, Ph.D., first started down a path to address women’s environmental health disparities across North Carolina and beyond after receiving a request from the …

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Research into social determinants of health championed …

WEBShannon Zenk: We consider social determinants of health to be the conditions in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, and age that affect a wide range of health …

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Environmental health disparities, racism studies collected at EHP

WEB“Blacks had higher death rates than whites for all-cause mortality in all age groups [under age] 65 years,” concluded a 2017 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and …

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Burning plastic can affect air quality, public health

WEBBy Susan Cosier. Burning household plastic waste can affect human health in many ways. Two billion people globally lack solid waste collection services, and in places without …

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Environmental Factor

WEBAsthma is a major public health problem among low-income minority children living in urban neighborhoods, and the major contributors are believed to be exposures to pest …

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Environmental exposures underpin many metabolic diseases, …

WEBChatzi’s research is funded by five different NIEHS grants, four as Principal Investigator. “Ultimately, I hope that our results will translate into policies and interventions that can …

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Exposure science tackles climate change

WEBCollman described some of the impacts of climate change on human health, including heat-related illness, cardiovascular and respiratory disease, mental and neurological …

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Climate change may worsen HIV pandemic, expert says

WEBClimate change threatens to undermine efforts to control the HIV pandemic, according to Bill G. Kapogiannis, M.D., acting director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office …

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AI, epigenetics hot topics at advisory council meeting

WEBFrom artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to new cross-institute collaborations and funding concepts, NIEHS is continually seeking a deeper understanding of precisely …

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Harmful algal blooms challenge ecosystems, food security

WEBNIEHS grantee finds that blooms in Alaskan Arctic are increasing in density and activity due to climate change, warming waters. Climate change and warming waters are activating …

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Environmental Factor

WEBNIH Climate Change and Health Coordinating Center hosts first conference. More than 900 participants gathered virtually to help build a global community of practice.

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