Health and health facilities

Our climate is changing rapidly, and most of the world is not prepared. But with the right tools and climate-smart investments, governments can keep people alive and ensure functioning health systems as these disasters escalate.

This study analyzed national trends in heatstroke-related emergency transports from 2010 to 2024 using Fire and Disaster Management Agency surveillance data in Japan focusing on age distribution, case severity, place of occurrence, and regional variation.

Some of the same ecological changes fueling Maine’s winter tick boom are also making tick encounters more common in broad swaths of the U.S.

More than 1 billion people worldwide live in such areas.

This study aimed to examine the nuanced interplay between pandemic impacts, vulnerabilities, and adaptation options, and how this unfolded across the disaster risk management DRM cycle (preparedness, response, and recovery).

According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), an El Niño event is expected to develop from mid-2026, reshaping global weather, influencing temperatures, rainfall, drought, and extreme weather patterns across the world.

Without effective control measures, cases may surge in the coming months. Some models suggest that by mid-May, up to 1,000 cases had already occurred in the DRC, compared to official figures of about 900 cases.

This brief assesses the emerging intersection between climate change, mental health challenges, and artificial intelligence tools across Europe