Climate Change

Healio | OSN discussed the role of ophthalmology in climate change, plastic pollution, and our individual and professional carbon footprints in the Aug. 10, 2022, issue.

Hurricane Ian hit Lisa M. Gudenkauf, PhD, MPH, hard.

To go along with our recent feature on fungal diseases, we asked Arturo Casadevall, MD, PhD, chair of molecular microbiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, why Candida auris emerged nearly simultaneously on three continents.

High hourly heat exposure was associated with elevated risk for acute ischemic stroke, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Transportation pollution puts children’s health at risk on a daily basis, but a switch to zero-emission vehicles and clean power would prevent several poor respiratory outcomes in this population, according to a press release.

An updated AAP policy statement outlines the impact of climate change on children’s health and offers related recommendations for the medical and government sectors.

Pharmaceutical waste in ophthalmic surgical practice accounts for a significant proportion of medical waste per year.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a change to the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for fine particulate pollution from 12 µg/m3 to 9 µg/m3, according to a press release from the agency.

Climatic hazards associated with greenhouse gas emissions may exacerbate atopic dermatitis, including severity and flares, while increasing its prevalence and related health care utilization, according to a review published in Allergy.

Among adolescents, increases in average rain or snowfall over a week resulted in heightened fractional exhaled nitric oxide, signaling airway inflammation, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.