“and the Southwest bakes during increasingly severe and prolonged droughts, epidemics like cocoliztli will doubtless return. “Sooner or later, a new virus will emerge from animals, from the desert, for which we don’t have any vaccine [or] drugs,” said Acuña-Soto.… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
“Scientists now know, too, that huge dust storms like the ones that recently blanketed Arizona, northern China, Australia, and other arid areas are also responsible for spreading lethal epidemics around the world.” — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
“Much like the transmission pattern of the hantavirus, the rat population was depleted during the drought, when food was scarce. Once the rains returned,… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
“disease that was in Mexico during the 16th century,” Acuña-Soto said. “This sounded like a hemorrhagic fever. So if the Spanish didn’t bring about… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
“In Canada, there are fears they could wipe out the whole boreal forest,” said Wiedinmyer. “There would be no trees in Canada—one of our… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
“The lung development of children who lived near highly trafficked corridors was stunted—about 20 percent smaller than average—which greatly impaired their functioning. These youngsters… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
“Climate change is not just about melting icebergs, storm surges, floods, and droughts, according to Parenti. A warmer world will be more dangerous and… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
“DeBlieux recalled. “And then they didn’t. We heard on the portable radio that we had already been evacuated. That was priceless.” In the storm’s… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
“Research on air quality in New York City, Phoenix, and Baltimore shows that ambient CO2 parts per million (ppm) levels can spike into the… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
“The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that, worldwide over the past three decades, 150,000 people a year have died as a result of a… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
“law enforcement officials continually rebuffed offers of help by private citizens with boats. “Nobody ever envisioned that the authorities would prevent people from coming… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
“The effect of a warming planet on our health is “a threat that’s been completely neglected, marginalized, and ignored by the global health community… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
“The impact on our health barely rates any media coverage, even though that’s the part of a changing climate that will hit us the… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
“We need a 21st-century international public health movement. Unless this challenge finds its way to the top of the international public health agenda, this… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
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