Annual Meeting: Climate Health Solutions: April 8-10, 2018

The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (MSCCH)

Annual Meeting: Climate Health Solutions: April 8-10, 2018
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News Articles by Physicians

Posted November 17, 2017 Members in Action, News Articles by Physicians

Carbon tax: Time is now

Letter to the Editor, The Seattle Times, By: Dr. Mark Vossler, Kirkland          
Posted October 5, 2017 Members in Action, News Articles by Physicians

Is climate change among the villains behind our weird weather?

BY Dr. Don Gaede and Connie Young; The Fresno Bee      
Posted September 27, 2017 Members in Action, News Articles by Physicians

Smog: A reminder congressional leaders must protect air we breathe

By Anne Mellinger-Birdsong, MD, FAAP; The Augusta Chronicle        
Posted August 18, 2017 Doctors' Blog, Members in Action, News Articles by Physicians

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. .
Posted June 15, 2017 Members in Action, News Articles by Physicians

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.  
Posted June 13, 2017 Members in Action, News Articles by Physicians

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.  
Posted March 16, 2017 News Articles by Physicians

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....

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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.
Posted September 14, 2016 News Articles by Physicians

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.
Posted August 25, 2016 News Articles by Physicians

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....

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Posted March 28, 2016 News Articles by Physicians

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....

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Posted March 12, 2016 Media: Op-eds and LTEs, News Articles by Physicians

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,....

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Posted August 23, 2015 News Articles by Physicians

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....

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Posted June 22, 2015 News Articles by Physicians

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....

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Posted June 3, 2015 News Articles by Physicians

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....

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Posted April 17, 2015 News Articles by Physicians

Surveyed doctors report climate change is harming health

Mona Sarfaty and Marybeth Montoro, Richmond Times-Dispatch Springtime blooms mark the arrival of pollen season in Virginia, and for allergy sufferers the misery seems to be getting worse every year.....

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Posted January 9, 2015 News Articles by Physicians

Adopting clean-fuels standard is a public-health imperative

Howard Frumkin, Renee Klein and Craig Kenworthy, The Seattle Times. EACH and every day, we take an average of 21,000 breaths. For some of us, those breaths come and go....

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