News Articles by Physicians Archives · The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (MSCCH)

Tackling climate change could save millions of lives, report says

Mona Sarfaty, Executive Director of the Consortium, was featured in this CNN article on climate and health. Tackling climate change could save millions of lives, report says By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Updated 6:30....

Opinion: Climate change challenges can affect mental health

Dr. William Hardie, a pediatric pulmonologist, and Dr. Dan Sullivan, a primary care internist, write an important and informative counter-op-ed regarding climate change and mental illness.

Health impacts of carbon pollution and climate change

By: Lisa Abrahime, RN, MSN, OCN, an Oncology nurse, and Joanne Leovy, M.D., a family physician.

Toxic environmental exposures in maternal, fetal, and reproductive health

Obstetrician-gynecologists Nate DeNicola and Jeanne Conroy wrote an article published in Contemporary OB/GYN on toxic maternal-fetal environmental exposures and reproductive health.

Climate change is a health issue

Op-Ed by Dr. Cynthia Mahoney

Hiding in plain sight

Dr. Sarfaty writes a poignant op-ed about the EPA's plans to change the rules that dictate what evidence must be considered as the basis for protecting the public’s health.

Carbon tax: Time is now

Letter to the Editor, The Seattle Times, By: Dr. Mark Vossler, Kirkland

Is climate change among the villains behind our weird weather?

BY Dr. Don Gaede and Connie Young; The Fresno Bee

Smog: A reminder congressional leaders must protect air we breathe

By Anne Mellinger-Birdsong, MD, FAAP; The Augusta Chronicle

Is the future just one long hot summer?

Blog Post from Dr. Cecilia Sorensen, Consortium Fellow: Global climate change is predicted to exacerbate underlying determinants of poverty and widespread effects on human health. .

Climate change and your health

By Dr. Georgia Milan, Idaho State Journal: Doctors have become increasingly alarmed about the effects of climate change on human health.

POINT OF VIEW: A doctor’s prescription for climate change

By: Dr. Ankush K. Bansal, As a South Florida physician who sees patients with conditions affected by climate change, I’m concerned.

To Safeguard against Climate Change, Defend Obamacare

Published in Los Angeles Sentinel by Dr. Khadijah Lang, President, Golden State Medical Association. "As a physician, I see the health – and health care—impacts of climate change firsthand with....

Athletes from Coastal Carolina and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette unload a truck full of supplies for flood victims Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 at United Way of Acadiana in St. Martinville, La.

Past time to address climate change

Dr. Claude J. Tellis, The Advocate (Louisiana), September 14, 2016. In mid-August, we experienced the biggest rain event in Louisiana history. It caused a 1,000-year flood.

Climate change is thawing deadly diseases. Maybe now we’ll address it?

Mona Sarfaty, MD, The Guardian, August 25, 2016. Earlier this month, an outbreak of anthrax in northern Russia caused the death of a 12-year-old boy and his grandmother and put 90 people....

An outdoor exerciser? Here’s what your lungs probably look like.

Caroline Wellbery, Washington Post, March 28, 2016 When a pathologist at Georgetown University’s medical school cut into the lungs of a cadaver during an autopsy and revealed blackened tissue, one....

Suspending work on Clean Power Plan is not healthy for Utahns

By: David Sundwall, Salt Lake Tribune, March 12, 2016 As a physician who has spent many years trying to improve the health of my patients and communities here in Utah,....

Children suffer most from effects of climate change

By: Dr. Aparna Bole, MD, FAA, medical director, Community Integration, at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, and guest columnist & Dr. Kristie Ross, MD, MS, Clinical Director, Division of Pediatric....

Our children need cleaner air

Houston Chronicle; By: Susan Pacheco, Monday, June 22, 2015 As a pediatrician practicing in Houston, I understand all too well how much our county’s “F” grade for ozone in our....

How rising carbon is changing seasonal allergies

Samantha Ahdoot, Richmond Times, Wednesday, June 3, 2015 Ahdoot: How rising carbon is changing seasonal allergies By Samantha Ahdoot Richmond.com Nasal sprays, eye drops, pills, melts and inhalers fill the....