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May 06, 2024
May 06, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, May 6 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
Climate change continues to pose critical health risks. Stronger storm systems and widespread flooding threaten our health care infrastructure and medical supply chains. Rising temperatures may increase the risk of disease, spread of insect-borne pathogens, and changes in water and air quality.
Moreover, changes such as protracted periods of extreme temperatures are also likely to increase the burd . . .
Climate change continues to pose critical health risks. Stronger storm systems and widespread flooding threaten our health care infrastructure and medical supply chains. Rising temperatures may increase the risk of disease, spread of insect-borne pathogens, and changes in water and air quality.
Moreover, changes such as protracted periods of extreme temperatures are also likely to increase the burd . . .