What is the link between climate change and infectious disease?

Authors:
Amber Meadows
Last updated:
Aug 19, 2022

What's inside?

More than 77,000 scientific publications were searched by Camilo Mora of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and his colleagues to identify how 375 transmissible diseases were impacted by 10 "climate hazards" associated with greenhouse gas emissions, such as heatwaves and flooding.

Amber takes a look at the findings and the broader, known impact of climate change on infectious disease.