Climate Health
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The birth of the climate doula
In Florida, a new pilot program teaches doulas how to prepare pregnant people for hurricanes, flooding, and extreme heat — addressing a growing climate and maternal health crisis.
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![Illustration of a Kenyan girl standing in front of a hospital bed outside with sandflies surrounding her]()
As aid dries up in Kenya, millions are threatened by the climate-driven disease kala-azar
Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall have supercharged the breeding of sandflies that spread the disease, putting 5 million at risk.
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In New York, a pipeline proposal that just won’t die
Why some think a “lurid political shakedown” by President Trump will get a pipeline built off Rockaway Beach.
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Breast cancer, dizziness, headaches: El Paso residents ask if a warehouse’s toxic emissions are to blame
After a Grist investigation revealing exposure to the carcinogen ethylene oxide, El Paso residents confront troubling questions about their health.
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In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies
What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.
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5 things to know about the fungal infection valley fever
Learn how the disease spreads, how to recognize common symptoms, and how it's diagnosed and treated.
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![A postal carrier makes deliveries in San Francisco, the mid-day sky darkened and orange from smoke wafting in from wildfires burning hundres of miles away.]()
![A postal carrier makes deliveries in San Francisco, the mid-day sky darkened and orange from smoke wafting in from wildfires burning hundres of miles away.]()
Wildfire smoke could soon kill 71,000 Americans every year
The haze may already kill 40,000 people in the U.S. each year — the same number who die in traffic crashes. Climate change will only make matters worse.
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How climate change is fueling your sugar addiction
Rising temperatures are feeding America's sweet tooth — and creating a new public health challenge in the process.
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Trump administration gives coal plants and chemical facilities a pass
In Texas and across the nation, scores of coal-fired plants and petrochemical facilities are allowed to bypass toxic emissions rules.
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How we mapped Chicago’s lead pipe problem and what we learned
Here’s what we found, how to know if you’re at risk, and how to replicate our work.
