Harvard C-CHANGE

Science for a healthy, just, and sustainable world.

The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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Rolling back @EPA clean air rules for power plants will have potentially devastating health consequences, esp. for frontline communities—but these rollbacks will face serious legal challenges.

Our director @MaryRice_LungDr writes w/ Carrie Jenks in @HarvardSalata:

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Clean air rules save lives, and are required by law

https://t.co/opJON6XSuA

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Lower emissions, healthier people, stronger economies: Our new commentary in @EnvironEpidem spotlights real-world examples showing immediate health, environmental, and economic co-benefits of climate policies and interventions. https://t.co/2ih2Jg2n82

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Save the Date! #HarvardClimateActionWeek takes place September 15-21. Hear from Harvard faculty, climate experts, leaders, and stakeholders as they explore solutions to the most complex and challenging dimensions of the climate crisis. Visit: https://t.co/s22L4kk33E for details.

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Tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease and babesiosis are becoming more prevalent across the U.S.

📍Register for the @HarvardChanSPH Studio event happening TOMORROW @1pm w/ @GaurabBasuMDMPH & others to learn strategies for prevention.
https://t.co/bcz0V71jLZ

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🔥Worried about your indoor #AirQuality? Check out these tips for making a DIY Air Purifier in our guide w/@Americares: https://t.co/Zb2GoD2fiQ

What you’ll need:
- Box fan
- Furnace filter
- Optional: duct tape or bungee cords

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Cutting funding for research grants will "have implications that could last for generations," says @MaryRice_LungDr in @Nature.

Her clinical trial to help patients w/ lung disease breathe easier was canceled just months before the research was completed.

https://t.co/e8a4olgfbL

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Extreme heat & air pollution are a "double whammy" threat to public health, increasing hospital visits for respiratory, heart & mental health, says our dir @MaryRice_LungDr to @NYTimes. Rollbacks to air quality regulations threaten to make pollution worse: https://t.co/u3jdS4GdeX

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Warmer temperatures and wetter climates fueled by #ClimateChange make tick-borne diseases more likely.

How can we protect ourselves? Learn strategies for prevention at a @HarvardChanSPH Studio event w/ @GaurabBasuMDMPH & others.

July 1 @ 1pm: https://t.co/bcz0V71jLZ

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🔥Extreme heat can harm health, but preparation saves lives!

Use our Heat Action Plan w/@americares to prepare for the heat this week:

✅ Stay hydrated & find cool spaces
✅ Know the warning signs of heat exhaustion
✅ Make a plan for power outages

https://t.co/oN6tSAuXrS

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Our director @MaryRice_LungDr joined @MIT’s @tilClimate podcast to explain how air pollution from coal, oil, & gas can make us sick, and why a cleaner energy system benefits both the climate and our health.

Listen now: https://t.co/IGLqoirqDS

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Wildfires are "not just a West Coast problem" says our core faculty member Nick Nassikas in @BostonGlobe.

As climate change makes wildfires more frequent & intense, people across the U.S. are experiencing the health impacts of breathing in wildfire smoke: https://t.co/R7xoThuqsD

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Our fellow Dr. Catharina Giudice shares in @Nature how repeated exposure to extreme #heat can lead to kidney failure.

“You’re having this acute kidney injury day after day... progress[ing] to a state where the cells can’t recover fully.”
https://t.co/Vj1T2lCNvP

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A new article in JCCPE 3.2/3 from @nsbedi and @caleb_dresser of @HarvardChanSPH explores how the #climatecrisis threatens urban health care, and how cities and #healthsystems can help build climate resilience: https://t.co/dF5aT92Gfa @kennedy_school @harvard @HarvardCCHANGE

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Congratulations to our core faculty member @GaurabBasuMDMPH for joining the board of directors of @EnviroLeagueMA! Their work to shift the state to a net-zero future will benefit the health and wellbeing of all Massachusets residents.

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Our Dir @MaryRice_LungDr was testing how air filters could help people w/ lung disease. Then her research grant was terminated.

Stopping the trial is “a disservice...to the people who dedicated their time and their tissue..[and] to the American public."
https://t.co/uCThF203XG

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🔥#DYK you may be more at risk from #ExtremeHeat if you:

✅ Are a child under 5 or adult 65+
✅ Live w/ a chronic medical condition
✅ Live in social isolation

Check out our heat action plan w/ @Americares to learn how to protect your health.

https://t.co/3nLzNVCVe9

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Great article on how research cuts at @Harvard put cancer patients, ALS sufferers, and kids at risk.

"It’s an incredible waste of taxpayer dollars to interrupt research,"— @MaryRice_LungDr, whose grant to help ppl w/COPD ended 6 months before results.

https://t.co/4XtaAeiRDG

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🌀#HurricaneSeason is coming, be aware of the risks after a storm:

✅ Dust and debris 🕸️
✅ Indoor fumes 💭
✅ Mold 😷

Learn how to protect your #health & minimize risks after a #hurricane: https://t.co/l9tLtKJKZD

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Yesterday our director @MaryRice_LungDr, deputy director @asansreason and faculty member @chrisgolden05 joined our former director Gina McCarthy and Craig Cogut for a great discussion on science & strategy to advance climate and health research at Harvard Chan C-CHANGE.

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Join us for a live conversation next Thursday, June 5 at 2 pm ET. Our panelists will share actionable solutions to improve air quality and offer strategies and resources for ensuring children and caregivers have clean air to breathe. Register here: https://t.co/q3YVnfXSiW