Climate-related events like extreme heat, wildfires, and drought can harm the heart and lungs, even the brain. Some communities share more of the burden of these impacts than others. Learn more from HHS’s Office of Climate Change and Health Equity:
Climate change can worsen existing differences in health, making it an important health equity issue. The effects of climate change add to other longstanding differences among people that result in different health outcomes for communities in the United States. These differences include exposures to pollution, poor living conditions, racism and other forms of discrimination, and psychological stresses.
Seasonal changes can shift the geographic area where disease-carrying insects, such as mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas transmit West Nile Virus, dengue fever, Lyme disease, and malaria to humans. Increasing temperatures can cause poor air quality that affects the heart and worsens cardiovascular disease.
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