Researchers Consider Climate Change Impact on Health
<p><span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="health">health</span> <span word="agencies">agencies</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="monitoring">monitoring</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="time">time</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="universities">universities</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="they">they</span>'<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="change">change</span>.</p><p><span word="Climate">Climate</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="temperature">temperature</span>; <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="weather">weather</span>. <span word="George">George</span> <span word="Luber">Luber</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="Centers">Centers</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Disease">Disease</span> <span word="Control">Control</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Prevention">Prevention</span>, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="VOA">VOA</span>, "<span word="Climate">Climate</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="broad">broad</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="health">health</span>, <span word="both">both</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="direct">direct</span> <span word="effect">effect</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="extreme">extreme</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> – <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="waves">waves</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="rainfall">rainfall</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="associated">associated</span> <span word="flooding">flooding</span>, <span word="coastal">coastal</span> <span word="storms">storms</span>, <span word="hurricanes">hurricanes</span> -- <span word="but">but</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="indirectly">indirectly</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="alters">alters</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="ecology">ecology</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="ecosystems">ecosystems</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="maintaining">maintaining</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="healthy">healthy</span> <span word="environment">environment</span>."</p><p><span word="One">One</span> <span word="example">example</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="Lyme">Lyme</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="particular">particular</span> <span word="type">type</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="bacterium">bacterium</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bite">bite</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="infected">infected</span> <span word="blacklegged">blacklegged</span> <span word="ticks">ticks</span>, <span word="also">also</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="deer">deer</span> <span word="ticks">ticks</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="warming">warming</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="changing">changing</span> <span word="seasonal">seasonal</span> <span word="temperatures">temperatures</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="expanded">expanded</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tick">tick</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="range">range</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span>'<span word="re">re</span> <span word="seeing">seeing</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="cases">cases</span>. <span word="We">We</span>'<span word="re">re</span> <span word="seeing">seeing</span> <span word="shifts">shifts</span> <span word="northward">northward</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="midwest">midwest</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="linked">linked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="changing">changing</span> <span word="seasonal">seasonal</span> <span word="patterns">patterns</span>," <span word="Luber">Luber</span> <span word="said">said</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> 20 <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="blacklegged">blacklegged</span> <span word="ticks">ticks</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="range">range</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="southeastern">southeastern</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>., <span word="north">north</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Canada">Canada</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="west">west</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Minnesota">Minnesota</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="winters">winters</span>.</p><p><span word="Scientists">Scientists</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="seeing">seeing</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="rains">rains</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="regions">regions</span>, <span word="drought">drought</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="others">others</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="rain">rain</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="create">create</span> <span word="flood">flood</span> <span word="plains">plains</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="mosquitoes">mosquitoes</span> <span word="breed">breed</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="storms">storms</span>, <span word="floods">floods</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="droughts">droughts</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="create">create</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="conducive">conducive</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="clusters">clusters</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="water">water</span>-, <span word="mosquito">mosquito</span>- <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rodent">rodent</span>-<span word="borne">borne</span> <span word="diseases">diseases</span>. <span word="Scientists">Scientists</span> <span word="expect">expect</span> <span word="storms">storms</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="floods">floods</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cholera">cholera</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="developing">developing</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="flooding">flooding</span> <span word="creates">creates</span> <span word="contaminated">contaminated</span> <span word="water">water</span>.</p>
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