Vital Signs
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Vital Signs
Vital Signs is a new, year-long series examining the impact of a warming planet on human health. The project will include reporting from five continents, and will furnish readers with a clear understanding of how record heat, drought, wildfire smoke, and extreme weather events affect our bodies.
This project is funded by the Wellcome Trust.
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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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![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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![Man sitting in a hospital bed with his hand resting on his chest]()
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.
