58% of Infectious Diseases Worsened by Climate Hazards: Study #shorts

Climate hazards – such as flooding, heat waves, and drought – have deepened the effects of more than half of the known infectious diseases in humans, including anthrax, cholera, and malaria, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Change.

Infectious diseases have long been linked to weather events and climate change, but scientists are now beginning to understand the broad influence of extreme weather on human health.

“If climate is changing, the risk of these diseases are changing,” Jonathan Patz, MD, one of the study authors and director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told The Associated Press. #shorts #climatechange #infectiousdisease #fridaysforfuture #extremeweather #malaria #weatherextremes #cholera #anthrax