India's increasingly punishing summers may be taking a toll even before babies are born. A new analysis has found that extreme heat, intensified by human-induced climate change, contributed to thousands of premature births in India during the exceptionally hot April…
Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care has issued a public health warning over rising temperatures, urging residents to take precautions against dehydration, heat exhaustion and potentially fatal heatstroke. In a statement, the Ministry cautioned that prolonged exposure to direct…
It has been reported that thousands of aborted and miscarried fetuses have been burned to heat British hospitals. An expose by local British news found that 27 state-run hospital trusts incinerated fetal remains, sometimes burning the bodies with other hospital waste…
FIRSTBANK has urged Nigerians to take precautions against the extreme heat following the prediction by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) of a prolonged heatwave across the country in the coming days. In a heatwave advisory to its customers, the bank…
An estimated 1,257 deaths in Switzerland between May and August 2026 were attributable to heat, according to a preliminary report by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, commissioned by the Federal Office of Public Health. The summer was Switzerland’s hottest since…
by Veronica Le Nevez, Laura Emily Downey, The Conversation edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin As sea levels creep higher in the Pacific, salt leaches into the soil and reduces the land available to grow food. Ocean warming…
It’s the build-up in northern Australia – the time of year when heat and humidity get worse ahead of the wet season. Common phrases such as “going troppo” or “mango madness” give a sense of the effects. Tempers fray and tensions…
After more than 13 years of implementing the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harm, practical implementation is creating a need to further improve regulations on smoke-free environments, health warnings, management responsibilities, and handling of violations. The amendment of the…
But world leaders are giving less attention to climate health consequences in international debate. The evidence that climate change threatens human health has never been stronger. Yet a new report suggests that world leaders are giving less attention to its…
(04-11-2026) How is climate change affecting our health? From 1 to 4 November, Ghent University and the University of California brought 20 US and 20 European researchers to Ghent to develop new research ideas around this question. The meeting is part of a series so-called…
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