Health and health facilities

An increase in pollution from wildfires and heatwaves risks undermining international efforts to improve air quality and protect human and ecosystem health, according to a new WMO report, which traces interlinkages between air quality and climate.

The sixth WMO Air Quality and Climate Bulletin examines links between air quality and climate change, highlighting aerosol impacts, wildfire smoke, ozone pollution and atmospheric monitoring needs.

This study systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed the prevalence and risk of child malnutrition following extreme weather events in low- and lower-middle-income countries.

A team found that for every standard deviation increase marine heat wave occurrences in a 24-month period child mortality increases by 5.4 percent. Malnutrition related child wasting and child stunting also increased by 6.5 and 8.8 percent respectively.

Heart failure hospitalizations increase after short-term exposure to cold spells, low and high temperatures, a study in JACC finds. Results from Sweden highlight the need for health systems to prepare for temperature-related health risks.

AI in combination with practical measures such as regulating wildlife trading — offers a powerful technology for managing zoonotic diseases and reducing the risk of spillover, possibly even preventing outbreaks in the first place

ADB-supported regional cooperation is helping Southeast Asian hospitals assess climate risks, strengthen resilience and reduce emissions. Shared frameworks and investments aim to ensure reliable health services during climate-related disruptions.

Climate change can extend mosquito activity and, speed up their development and reproduction. Scientists are controlling mosquito populations using Wolbachia carrying male mosquitoes which produce eggs that don't hatch and sterilize female mosquitoes.

Heat-related deaths look less dramatic than other climate disasters, yet they are far more frequent. This article looks into why Europe’s deadliest climate hazard remains its least visible one.

Emerging research shows that a drier world is often a sicker one, too. A new study takes stock of nearly 100 scientific studies of diseases found throughout the animal kingdom to reveal how drought can help deadly infections and parasites spread.

Led in part by SFU, COPE project aims to help older adults prepare for and respond to extreme heat. The project is part of SFU Climate Innovation , a critical research priority that supports a community-centred response to the impacts of climate change.

This publication examines how Japan’s efforts to reorganise regional healthcare in response to an ageing and shrinking population could better integrate disaster resilience.

A 15-year study of Great East Japan Earthquake survivors finds that worsening posttraumatic stress symptoms during the first 2 years strongly predict persistent long-term psychological distress.

This study finds that age-specific heat tolerance thresholds dramatically increase estimates of future heat exposure, with older adults facing severe risks under global warming.

This report reviews India's growing heat risk, the evolution of Heat Action Plans, financing mechanisms, and emerging governance approaches to strengthen climate resilience and public health protection.

This study examines how Canadian university emergency websites communicate mental health preparedness, finding that physical safety guidance is far more visible than mental health support.

A Stanford Medicine-developed app shows that older adults’ geographic movements — also known as their life-space mobility — shrink in extreme heat that makes leaving the house difficult.

This article intends to assess the prevalence and determinants of depression, anxiety, and stress among urban residents in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Smoke from wildfires can travel thousands of kilometres, crossing borders, oceans and continents. Understanding where it will go next has become an increasingly important scientific challenge.

Nurses are collapsing during shifts amid “inhumane and impossible” conditions caused by extreme heat, their union has warned.

A study paints a fuller picture of how heat affects respiratory health, especially in Baltimore’s socially vulnerable neighborhoods.

The devastating impacts of marine heatwaves extend far beyond dying coral reefs and declining fisheries, with new research warning these extreme ocean warming events are posing a growing threat to humans’ physical and mental health.

The research examines the “risk perception gap,” or the difference between climate-related mortality estimates and public perceptions of climate risk, across U.S. counties.

When a heat wave arrives, the public health advice follows a familiar script: drink water, watch for heat stroke, check on people with heart or lung conditions. That list saves lives. But it leaves out chronic pain.

This is a document-blueprint for a global approach to tackle transboundary animal diseases. Left unchecked, these diseases can rapidly undermine livelihoods and trade, hit low- and middle-income countries the hardest.

FAO presented a blueprint for a new global approach to tackle transboundary animal diseases. These diseases can undermine livelihoods and trade, hit low-and middle-income countries, and spill over into human populations with devastating consequences.

As regulations have reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions from vehicles and industry in recent years, smoke from climate-fueled wildfires is erasing air quality gains.

This 2025 Lancet Countdown report finds rising heat, drought and climate-related health risks are threatening SIDS, while adaptation and climate finance efforts remain insufficient.

As global temperatures rise, climate change increasingly affects daily life . Social connection is crucial, both for responding to extreme weather and for working together to help the entire community adapt to a changing climate.

For the first time, a study has quantified the impacts of climate change on mental health, particularly the incidence of suicide.

This study’s objective is to assess the extent to which mental health considerations are incorporated into heat action plans and to explore how governments, organizations, and communities are addressing the mental health impacts of extreme heat.

Smoky summers are the new normal forcing a generation of children to grow up indoors. Repeated smoke events change children’s daily routines, limiting opportunities for outdoor play and social interaction and reshape how many families experience summer.

UCLA and UC Davis researchers found the strongest associations on very smoky days and in areas with cleaner air overall.

Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and Florida State University’s Resilient Infrastructure and Disaster Response Center have identified how hurricane flooding can affect health long after a storm passes.

Climate change has increased childhood malaria, could continue to do so in southern and East Africa where communities are less experienced at tackling the disease, while reducing the risk in today’s hotspots as temperatures become too high for mosquitoes.

As the climate warms because of heat-trapping pollution, spring is arriving earlier and summer temperatures are lingering later into the fall. As a result, mosquitoes can emerge earlier, remain active longer, and spread disease over a longer season.

Monitoring is expensive and labor intensive. But it helps public health officials stop outbreaks.

Sufficient sleep quality and duration are essential for people’s health and well-being, but hotter nighttime temperatures are making it harder for people to get the rest they need.

This study examines associations between ambient temperature and hospital admissions for mental health disorders among children, adolescents and young adults, and to project future heat-attributable admissions under various climate change scenarios.

Twin earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026, causing major damage in Caracas and a nearby coastal city, La Guaira. At the time of publication, 3,685 people have been declared dead, and more than 30,000 remain missin

This exploratory analysis estimates the economic value of “climate services for health”, defined as producing and applying climate knowledge to enhance health decisions and services.

This evidence-based policy guide highlights how well-designed climate actions across key sectors, including transport, energy, food systems, urban development and water, can deliver substantial and immediate health co-benefits.

This opinion piece argues that mistrust in Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is rooted less in misinformation than in histories of conflict, neglect and unequal care, calling for locally led, trust-based public health action.

In June 2026, daily high temperatures averaged across France reached 36.9C, shattering the previous June record set in 2022 by 2.4C.