Health and health facilities

Researchers in Kenya have identified two low-cost solutions that tackle the twin challenges of rising temperatures and malaria transmission.

The intense cold wave prevailing across the state has resulted in a surge in brain stroke cases, with major hospitals reporting an increase in patient inflow.

This World Health Organization report reviews how health is integrated into national climate adaptation planning, assessing 59 National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and 27 Health National Adaptation Plans submitted globally between 2015 and early 2025.

Epidemiologists have consistently found that people who have survived natural disasters tend to engage in risky health behaviors at higher rates than peers who have not. What's novel in Kawachi's research is the underlying mechanism: present bias.

Older adults who were exposed to heavy rainfall after Hurricane Harvey in 2017 faced a 3% increase in the risk of death within the following year, a new University of Michigan study found.

Scientists are taking a multipronged approach to tackle this dangerous carrier of dengue, yellow fever and other noxious viruses.

Many chronic pain patients cite the weather as a driver of their suffering, and climate change is making the torment more likely and harder to deal with. But research on the relationship is uncertain, and federal cuts could hold it back.

This study aims to investigate the extent to which El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) effects life expectancy in the long-term, through quantifying life expectancy and economic losses across high-income Pacific Rim countries.