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BY LANXI LIN As the world edges closer to eradicating infectious diseases, the Middle East remains a battleground, where rising temperatures and extreme weather events fueled by climate change are threatening to undo decades of progress in public health vaccine efforts. Pakistan, a Middle Eastern country nestled between India and Afghanistan, is one of the … Continue reading Climate-Driven Barriers to Polio Eradication: A Case Study in Pakistan

BY MICHELLE SO Fueled by a desire to help others and fascinated by the potential of medications to enhance human health, Cristina Arnés Sanz studied to become a pharmacist. Majoring in pharmacy at the Complutense University of Madrid, in her home country of Spain, Arnés Sanz became increasingly concerned and passionate about the environment and … Continue reading Cristina Arnés Sanz: A Rising Global Health Leader

BY CRISTINA GARCIA Dengue, a viral illness transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, remains one of the world’s most neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), despite its growing burden. The global incidence of dengue has spiked during the past few decades, with the World Health Organization documenting a tenfold rise in cases from 2000 to 2019.1  In 2023 alone, … Continue reading The Microscopic Burden of Climate Change: Increasing Risks of Dengue Virus in a Hotter World

BY TOMEKA FRIESON What if I told you that there was an organization that not only cared for the planet but also for the people who call it home? More than just a conservation institution that focuses on regenerating Earth’s rainforests or maintaining species diversity, this organization buys back chainsaws, encourages local entrepreneurship, and provides … Continue reading Prioritizing Both People and Planet: How the NGO Health in Harmony Has Changed the Way Global Health and Climate Conservation Are Done

BY BLAKE MAULSBY Paula Kavathas has led an illustrious career that has charted new ground in both immunobiology and diversity in science.  Since a young age, Kavathas was always fascinated by science and medicine and thus aspired to shape her career around these interests. While at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a friend of Kavathas was … Continue reading Paula Kavathas: A Profile

BY VIOLET AFFLECK I spent the January fires in Los Angeles arguing with my mother in a hotel room. She was shell-shocked, astonished at the scale of destruction in the neighborhood where she raised myself and my siblings. I was surprised at her surprise: as a lifelong Angelena and climate-literate member of generation Z, my … Continue reading A Chronically Ill Earth: COVID Organizing as a Model Climate Response in Los Angeles

BY WILL SALAVERRY How does the way salmon dig their redds (nests) into the riverbed affect the flow of water downstream toward the sea? How does this, in turn, affect the health of the forest, laced by the rushing water that the salmon have guided through the underbrush? How does that ancient engineering influence the … Continue reading Health, Climate, and Herring in Sitka

BY F. KHAN The boy is caught mid-jump, his toothy smile and extended limbs in kinetic motion, a striking contrast to the still waters corralled by the Norris Reservoir1 in Rocky Top, TN. Its construction began in 1933, making it the first dam to be built by the landmark Tennessee Valley Authority legislation, an agency … Continue reading The Price Isn’t Right: The Cost of Colonialism and Climate Change in Pakistan

BY MYLA TOLIVER As Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director of the Food and Agriculture Association, once argued, “there is no food security without peace, and no peace without food security,” especially not with climate change.1 Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the cost of human commercial activities on the environment has been so extreme that … Continue reading Climate Change, Warfare, and Food Insecurity: When Agricultural Innovation Isn’t Enough

BY LOLYN TEJEDA LEMUS A cough can mean anything: a cold, a sore throat, a reflex after a perhaps over-eager sip of water. But as winds pick up earthy remnants of recent harvests, how certain can you be that a cough is benign and not a sign of something treacherous beneath your feet.  Therein lies … Continue reading Fields, Fires, and Fungi: Valley Fever in the Changing Environment