"We're excited about this," Ravi Thadhani, study lead author and Chief Medical Officer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, told Scientific American.
"Key measures include elevating foundations above expected flood levels, using stronger and water-resistant construction materials, reinforcing walls and roofing structures, and ensuring proper site selection away from high-risk zones," according to the organization.
Efforts to improve the resilience of mud-built homes are set to become increasingly critical as rising global temperatures fuel extreme weather.
Floods that impacted the all-girls camp in Texas hill country resulted in the deaths of 25 campers, two teenage camp counselors, and the camp's director, along with over 100 other people in the area.
With research indicating that gendered differences in diagnosis may contribute to delayed treatment and with rising temperatures enabling ticks to expand their range and lifecycles, an effective vaccine to prevent infection in the first place may be even more important.
"The module also emphasizes the critical role of midwives as frontline responders in climate-affected communities," the International Confederation of Midwives and Maternity Foundation told CG.
"We expect a response by May 5, 2026," U.S. Senator Ron Wyden wrote in a letter to Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
"As climate change gets worse and worse, people are going to be experiencing multiple hazards over their lifetime, and … experiencing multiple of these hazards might affect people's choices," Meg "Bee" Brown, Research Lead at YLabs and lead author of the study, told CG.
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"I'm excited about how accessible and practical these strategies are, and especially about their potential cumulative impact," Gregory Wellenius, Director of the Center for Climate and Health at Boston University, told CG.
"We have no choice but to transfer the costs right now to the customers," Goh Miah Kiat, Chief Executive Officer of Karex, told Reuters.
"We will keep marching on and we will continue to do our best for our communities that remain at risk," Lisa Emery, Director of the New River Health Breathing Center and Black Lung Clinic, told West Virginia Watch.
Mike Bonanza of Elevated Access told CG that the situation could "result in more referrals" to his flight-based organization, even as plane fuel is set to be impacted as well. Volunteer pilots with the nonprofit transport patients to abortion and gender-affirming care at no cost to passengers.
