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CDC Study Finds High Death Rate From Invasive Mold in Atlanta Hospitals

The study exposes a surveillance blind spot that could let climate-driven floods raise deadly fungal infections among vulnerable patients.

Brazil Funds R$9.8 Billion Plan to Ready Health System for El Niño and Heat

WHO Says Contaminated Food Causes 866 Million Illnesses and 1.5 Million Deaths a Year

WHO-Convened Panel Warns Pandemic Risk Is Rising as Readiness Falls

WHO-Advised Panel Urges Global Health Emergency Declaration for Climate Crisis

WHO Declares Ebola Emergency as Deaths Top 100 in DRC–Uganda Outbreak

Europe-Wide Study Finds Wealthier Regions Face Higher Heat Mortality

World Stroke Organization Links Climate Change to Higher Stroke Risk, Calls for Action

World Malaria Day 2026 Pushes Action as New Tools Boost Hopes

Climate Change Is Stretching Europe’s Pollen Season by Up to Two Weeks

Lancet Report Warns Europe’s Heat Deaths Are Surging and Health Risks Are Worsening

Report Finds Heat and Pollution Are Squeezing India’s Health and Economy

Heat Set to Overtake Storms and Floods as Top Climate Killer by 2050, Report Finds

Rising Heat Poised to Drive Global Inactivity and Deaths by 2050, Lancet Study Finds

Copernicus Confirms First Three-Year Stretch Above 1.5°C as 2025 Ranks Third-Hottest

2025 Confirmed as Third-Warmest Year as 2023–2025 Average Exceeds 1.5°C

Study Finds 69,000 U.S. Deaths Linked to Temperature Extremes Since 1999, With Heat Mortality Rising

Belém Health Action Plan Launched at COP30 as $300 Million Drive Targets Climate–Health Risks

Lancet Countdown 2025 Finds Record Health Toll From Heat, Wildfire Smoke and Fossil Pollution

Gates Recasts Climate Priorities Before COP30 as New Reports Warn of Escalating Harms