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Topic: Public health

Photo showing Ashley Ward (center), director of the Duke University Heat Policy Innovation Hub, greets participants at the HeatWise Policy Partnership Summit organized by Duke University in June 2024: Credit: Ashley Stephenson.

NOAA awards $700,000 to communities, academia for extreme heat planning, research

January 14, 2025

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Inflation Reduction Act

Photo showing Ashley Ward (center), director of the Duke University Heat Policy Innovation Hub, greets participants at the HeatWise Policy Partnership Summit organized by Duke University in June 2024: Credit: Ashley Stephenson.

Photo showing Medical doctors, from left to right, Marcus Moreno, Brianna Clark, Julian Watkins and Denise Powell gather with Climate & Health Equity Fellowship founder Mark Mitchell, right, after their graduation on December 9, 2023, as Climate & Health Equity Fellows. The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health announced that a new policy fellowship has started this year. Photo credit: Lathan Goumas/ Virginia Sea Grant

NOAA, health organizations launch fellowship to advance equity in health, climate policy

November 12, 2024

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Photo showing Medical doctors, from left to right, Marcus Moreno, Brianna Clark, Julian Watkins and Denise Powell gather with Climate & Health Equity Fellowship founder Mark Mitchell, right, after their graduation on December 9, 2023, as Climate & Health Equity Fellows. The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health announced that a new policy fellowship has started this year. Photo credit: Lathan Goumas/ Virginia Sea Grant

Climate change is contributing to more and longer heat waves in communities across the country, including western cities like Phoenix, pictured here.

Biden Administration launches Heat.gov with tools for communities facing extreme heat

July 26, 2022

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extreme weather

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Climate change is contributing to more and longer heat waves in communities across the country, including western cities like Phoenix, pictured here.

Climate change is contributing to more and longer heat waves in communities across the country, including western cities like Phoenix, pictured here.

Media invited to a briefing on Heat.gov

July 25, 2022

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extreme weather

Climate change is contributing to more and longer heat waves in communities across the country, including western cities like Phoenix, pictured here.

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Combating dengue with infectious disease forecasting

June 5, 2015

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