Health and health facilities

Climate change may worsen symptoms of heat‑sensitive genetic variants, making some neurological and epileptic conditions more likely to appear or intensify during heatwaves. Researchers identify “calortypic” genes that raise hidden vulnerability.

Research on Hurricane Beryl shows recovery workers face extreme, often overlooked heat risk, worsened by power outages and climate change. Tailored safety measures and staffing are needed to protect crews.

This paper combines global fertility data with disaster records for 1950–2023 to estimate fertility responses to climate-related hazards, distinguishing between population disruption (affected-rate exposure) and lethality (death-rate exposure).

Climate change is one of the reasons certain cities are seeing an uptick in the number of rats, many scientists found in peer-reviewed research. Researchers in Chicago are putting out contraceptive pellets in alleyways – but will enough rats eat them?

Belize’s Climate and Health Country Profile 2025 highlights the country’s increasing efforts to understand, manage, and adapt to the growing health risks posed by climate change.

A hotter, wetter Southern US is driving widespread mold in aging housing, worsening respiratory health, while weak regulations and costly remediation leave vulnerable renters exposed.

Climate warming is shifting exposure from extreme to moderate cold, increasing global population cold exposure and associated influenza risks.