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Heat, disease, air pollution: How climate change impacts health

Extreme heat, air pollution and the increasing spread of deadly infectious diseases are just some of the reasons why the World Health Organization has called climate change the single biggest health threat facing humanity.

A woman cools off with a hose as fans of US singer Taylor Swift queue outside the Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium before Swift's concert, "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour", amid a heat wave. (AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

Growing calls for the world to come to grips with the many ways that global warming affects human health have prompted the first day dedicated to the issue

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Global warming
Human health
Climate change
World Health Organization