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Climate change may be fueling a global surge in cholera outbreaks
The bacteria behind one of history’s deadliest diseases is thriving again due to extreme weather.
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Clothed in chemicals: A new book sheds light on the toxic substances we wear daily
A Q&A on the fashion industry's toxic chemicals problem — and how we can protect ourselves.
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In the US, a fungal disease is spreading fast. A hotter climate could be to blame.
A potentially fatal pathogen called Candida auris has adapted to cross the “temperature barrier” into humans, causing cases to jump by 1,200 percent since 2017.
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Mercury pollution is worsening a mental health crisis in this Indigenous community
"Our way of life has been totally destroyed.”
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A brain-swelling illness spread by ticks is on the rise in Europe
Experts say climate change plays a role: “It’s a really common problem that was absent 20 or 30 years ago.”
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Mosquitos are moving to higher elevations — and so is malaria
Climate change is driving mosquitoes to new heights, bringing the bugs, and the diseases they carry, to newly vulnerable populations.
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How climate change is making us sick
Animals, bugs, algae, and even fungi are shifting to accommodate an ever-hotter planet — and they’re bringing dangerous diseases with them.
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The author of ‘Blight’ explains how humans supercharged fungal pathogens
Fungal diseases have come for frogs, bats, and bananas, and they're coming for us, too.
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The EPA’s plan to eliminate lead in buildings is a ‘gigantic leap forward’ for public health
Removing lead from homes, schools, and daycare centers could reduce exposure for half a million children under the age of 6.
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Railroaded
In the wake of the East Palestine, Ohio, disaster, other train towns wonder: Are we next?
