Fifty years of global health improvements could be undermined by climate change, says The Lancet

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The effects of climate change are causing significant negative effects on health and need to be addressed, report argues

The effects of climate change could undermine fifty years of global health advancements, an article published in influential medical journal The Lancet will today argue. The article, entitled Health...

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