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Kill the Oceans and Destroy Your Health Slowly

We often picture climate change as raging wildfires, melting ice, or violent storms. But one of the most dangerous changes is happening quietly, beneath the waves....

The Path to COP29: How Preceding Meetings Will Shape Climate Negotiations

The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will occur from November 11 to 22,...

Climate-proofing: How a Coney Island hospital rebuilt after Superstorm Sandy

By Gaea Cabico, a freelance reporter in New York. On the night Superstorm Sandy hit New York in October 2012, seawater from the Atlantic Ocean...

The Chicken and Egg Problem of Fighting Another Flu Pandemic

Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, appeared on “CBS Morning News” on May 30 to discuss concerns that the spread of an avian flu virus has decimated flocks of birds, which may affect consumers’ supply of eggs. Eggs are a major tool in the manufacturing of vaccines that could help protect people from a bird flu outbreak.