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Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change

  • Written by Jonathan Levy, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University
imageExtreme heat can threaten human health, but it's only one way climate change puts lives at risk.Drew Angerer/Getty Images

If you’ve been following recent debates about health, you’ve been hearing a lot about vaccines, diet, measles, Medicaid cuts and health insurance costs – but much less about one of the greatest threats to...

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  1. Colorado’s rural schools serve more than 130,000 students, and their superintendents want more pay for their teachers
  2. Students of color are at greater risk for reading difficulties – even in kindergarten
  3. Under Ron DeSantis’ leadership, Florida leads the nation in executions in 2025
  4. The UN is reinventing peacekeeping – Haiti is the testing ground
  5. Star-shaped cells make a molecule that can ‘rewire’ the brains of mice with Down syndrome – understanding how could lead to new treatments
  6. Electric fields steered nanoparticles through a liquid-filled maze – this new method could improve drug delivery and purification systems
  7. Blame the shutdown on citizens who prefer politicians to vanquish their opponents rather than to work for the common good
  8. A bold new investment fund aims to channel billions into tropical forest protection – one key change can make it better
  9. Canada loses its official ‘measles-free’ status – and the US will follow soon, as vaccination rates fall
  10. What America’s divided and tumultuous politics of the late-19th century can teach us
  11. The ‘supercenter’ effect: How massive, one-stop retailers fuel overconsumption − and waste
  12. What does ‘pro-life’ mean? There’s no one answer – even for advocacy groups that oppose abortion
  13. Why do people have baby teeth and adult teeth?
  14. Turning motion into medicine: How AI, motion capture and wearables can improve your health
  15. Allen Iverson’s 2001 Sixers embodied Philly’s brash, gritty soul − and changed basketball culture forever
  16. What AI earbuds can’t replace: The value of learning another language
  17. Trump was already cutting low-income energy assistance – the shutdown is making things worse as cold weather arrives
  18. James Watson exemplified the best and worst of science – from monumental discoveries to sexism and cutthroat competition
  19. What to know as hundreds of flights are grounded across the US – an air travel expert explains
  20. National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters
  21. Seashells from centuries ago show that seagrass meadows on Florida’s Nature Coast are thriving
  22. Pennsylvania counties face tough choices on spending $2B opioid settlement funds
  23. FDA recall of blood pressure pills due to cancer-causing contaminant may point to higher safety risks in older generic drugs
  24. Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation
  25. House speaker’s refusal to seat Arizona representative is supported by history and law
  26. Overwhelm the public with muzzle-velocity headlines: A strategy rooted in racism and authoritarianism
  27. Who gets SNAP benefits to buy groceries and what the government pays for the program – in 5 charts
  28. AI could worsen inequalities in schools – teachers are key to whether it will
  29. Anxiety over school admissions isn’t limited to college – parents of young children are also feeling pressure, some more acutely than others
  30. Supreme Court soon to hear a religious freedom case that’s united both sides of the church-state divide
  31. Chatbots don’t judge! Customers prefer robots over humans when it comes to those ’um, you know’ purchases
  32. Brewery waste can be repurposed to make nanoparticles that can fight bacteria
  33. The unraveling of workplace protections for delivery drivers: A tale of 2 workplace models
  34. Why does your doctor seem so rushed and dismissive? That bedside manner may be the result of the health care system
  35. How to keep dementia from robbing your loved ones of their sense of personhood – tips for caregivers
  36. Trump’s White House renovations fulfill Obama’s prediction, kind of
  37. A brief history of congressional oversight, from Revolutionary War financing to Pam Bondi
  38. How the US cut climate-changing emissions while its economy more than doubled
  39. Why people don’t demand data privacy – even as governments and corporations collect more personal information
  40. HIV knows no borders, and the Trump administration’s new strategy leave Americans vulnerable – an HIV-prevention expert explains
  41. Customers can become more loyal if their banks solve fraud cases, researchers find
  42. The beauty backfire effect: Being too attractive can hurt fitness influencers, new research shows
  43. Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican Muslims: How both remix what it means to be Boricua
  44. The White Stripes join the Rock Roll Hall of Fame − their primal sound reflects Detroit’s industrial roots
  45. China’s new 5-year plan: A high-stakes bet on self-reliance that won’t fix an unbalanced economy
  46. Zohran Mamdani’s transformative child care plan builds on a history of NYC social innovations
  47. Dick Cheney’s expansive vision of presidential power lives on in Trump’s agenda
  48. Declining union membership could be making working-class Americans less happy and more susceptible to drug overdoses
  49. Singles’ Day is a $150B holiday in China. Here’s why I think ‘11/11’ will catch on in the US
  50. Diane Keaton’s $5M pet trust would be over the top if reports prove true – here’s how to ensure your beloved pet is safe after you are gone