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Science for a healthy, just, and sustainable world.

The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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linkhttp://hsph.harvard.edu/c-change calendar_today06-10-2009 17:03:03

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Join us for a live conversation next Thursday, June 5 at 2 pm ET. Our panelists will share actionable solutions to improve air quality and offer strategies and resources for ensuring children and caregivers have clean air to breathe. Register here: bit.ly/4kHMUnZ

Join us for a live conversation next Thursday, June 5 at 2 pm ET. Our panelists will share actionable solutions to improve air quality and offer strategies and resources for ensuring children and caregivers have clean air to breathe. Register here: bit.ly/4kHMUnZ
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How can cities & health care systems work together to adapt to #ClimateChange? 🏡 Invest in healthy urban design 🏥 Turn facilities into resources during disasters 📊 Share data & more from Caleb Dresser MD MPH & Neil Singh Bedi in University of Toronto Press C40 Cities: loom.ly/rM42Q7U

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Yesterday our director Mary Rice, deputy director Amruta Nori-Sarma and faculty member @chrisgolden05 joined our former director Gina McCarthy and Craig Cogut for a great discussion on science & strategy to advance climate and health research at Harvard Chan C-CHANGE.

Yesterday our director <a href="/MaryRice_LungDr/">Mary Rice</a>, deputy director <a href="/asansreason/">Amruta Nori-Sarma</a> and faculty member @chrisgolden05 joined our former director Gina McCarthy and Craig Cogut for a great discussion on science &amp; strategy to advance climate and health research at Harvard Chan C-CHANGE.
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🌀#HurricaneSeason is coming, be aware of the risks after a storm: ✅ Dust and debris 🕸️ ✅ Indoor fumes 💭 ✅ Mold 😷 Learn how to protect your #health & minimize risks after a #hurricane: loom.ly/7ScZCcY

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Great article on how research cuts at Harvard University put cancer patients, ALS sufferers, and kids at risk. "It’s an incredible waste of taxpayer dollars to interrupt research,"— Mary Rice, whose grant to help ppl w/COPD ended 6 months before results. loom.ly/zjHncQI

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🔥#DYK you may be more at risk from #ExtremeHeat if you: ✅ Are a child under 5 or adult 65+ ✅ Live w/ a chronic medical condition ✅ Live in social isolation Check out our heat action plan w/ Americares to learn how to protect your health. loom.ly/FSx9-ZM

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Our Dir Mary Rice was testing how air filters could help people w/ lung disease. Then her research grant was terminated. Stopping the trial is “a disservice...to the people who dedicated their time and their tissue..[and] to the American public." loom.ly/KtNfHDM

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Congratulations to our core faculty member @GaurabBasuMDMPH for joining the board of directors of Environmental League of Massachusetts! Their work to shift the state to a net-zero future will benefit the health and wellbeing of all Massachusets residents.

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Our fellow Dr. Catharina Giudice shares in nature how repeated exposure to extreme #heat can lead to kidney failure. “You’re having this acute kidney injury day after day... progress[ing] to a state where the cells can’t recover fully.” loom.ly/aWtlkVw

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Wildfires are "not just a West Coast problem" says our core faculty member Nick Nassikas in The Boston Globe. As climate change makes wildfires more frequent & intense, people across the U.S. are experiencing the health impacts of breathing in wildfire smoke: loom.ly/RzByHkA

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Our director Mary Rice joined Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s @tilClimate podcast to explain how air pollution from coal, oil, & gas can make us sick, and why a cleaner energy system benefits both the climate and our health. Listen now: loom.ly/VTse72o

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🔥Extreme heat can harm health, but preparation saves lives! Use our Heat Action Plan w/@americares to prepare for the heat this week: ✅ Stay hydrated & find cool spaces ✅ Know the warning signs of heat exhaustion ✅ Make a plan for power outages americares.org/wp-content/upl…

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Warmer temperatures and wetter climates fueled by #ClimateChange make tick-borne diseases more likely. How can we protect ourselves? Learn strategies for prevention at a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Studio event w/ @GaurabBasuMDMPH & others. July 1 @ 1pm: loom.ly/uaaO3UM

Warmer temperatures and wetter climates fueled by #ClimateChange make tick-borne diseases more likely. 

How can we protect ourselves? Learn strategies for prevention at a  <a href="/HarvardChanSPH/">Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health</a> Studio event w/ @GaurabBasuMDMPH &amp; others.

July 1 @ 1pm: loom.ly/uaaO3UM
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Extreme heat & air pollution are a "double whammy" threat to public health, increasing hospital visits for respiratory, heart & mental health, says our dir Mary Rice to @NYTimes. Rollbacks to air quality regulations threaten to make pollution worse: loom.ly/BURs3N0

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Cutting funding for research grants will "have implications that could last for generations," says Mary Rice in nature. Her clinical trial to help patients w/ lung disease breathe easier was canceled just months before the research was completed. nature.com/articles/d4158…

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🔥Worried about your indoor #AirQuality? Check out these tips for making a DIY Air Purifier in our guide w/Americares: loom.ly/J0n1z2g What you’ll need: - Box fan - Furnace filter - Optional: duct tape or bungee cords

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Tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease and babesiosis are becoming more prevalent across the U.S. 📍Register for the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Studio event happening TOMORROW @1pm w/ @GaurabBasuMDMPH & others to learn strategies for prevention. loom.ly/uaaO3UM

Tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease and babesiosis are becoming more prevalent across the U.S. 

📍Register for the <a href="/HarvardChanSPH/">Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health</a> Studio event happening TOMORROW @1pm w/ @GaurabBasuMDMPH &amp; others to learn strategies for prevention.
loom.ly/uaaO3UM
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Save the Date! #HarvardClimateActionWeek takes place September 15-21. Hear from Harvard faculty, climate experts, leaders, and stakeholders as they explore solutions to the most complex and challenging dimensions of the climate crisis. Visit: loom.ly/eI8Kkj4 for details.

Save the Date! #HarvardClimateActionWeek takes place September 15-21. Hear from Harvard faculty, climate experts, leaders, and stakeholders as they explore solutions to the most complex and challenging dimensions of the climate crisis. Visit: loom.ly/eI8Kkj4 for details.
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Lower emissions, healthier people, stronger economies: Our new commentary in Environmental Epidemiology spotlights real-world examples showing immediate health, environmental, and economic co-benefits of climate policies and interventions. loom.ly/2RUhT34