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First-of-its-kind program trains ‘climate doctors’

As record heat, wildfires and flooding become increasingly common in Colorado and beyond, the University of Colorado is training a new generation of what it calls “climate doctors.” The University’s Climate & Health Program prepares physicians to treat the health impacts of climate change in individual patients, while also advocating…

    
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The connection between bats, climate change and infectious diseases.

Tropical forests contain more species than any other ecosystem, but climate change is unleashing their inhabitants, introducing new infections into human populations without the immunity to protect against them.…

    
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A disease expert walks into a live bird market

June 7 is World Food Safety Day and this year we are reminded of a harsh reality: Roughly 600 million people around the world suffer from food-borne illnesses every year, while around 3 million die as a result of contaminated food or water. Every part of the world is affected,…

    
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