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Reducing the risks of emerging infectious diseases by catalyzing actions that bring us back into balance with nature.

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Coronavirus and Air Pollution

Emerging research suggests that breathing more polluted air over many years may worsen the effects of COVID-19.
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Coronavirus and Climate Change

Climate solutions are pandemic solutions.
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Coronavirus and Heatwaves

Planning resources for states, cities, and communities help individuals stay cool while physically distancing.
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Preventing Pandemics at the Source

For a fraction of the cost of managing a pandemic after it starts, we can prevent another pandemic from ever emerging.

The 2022 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Policy Brief for the U.S.

Climate change puts everyone at risk, but policy decisions and industry actions make some communities more vulnerable to the harms of climate change.

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Protecting forests and changing agricultural practices are essential, cost-effective actions to prevent pandemics

Our new report outlines the strong scientific foundations for taking actions to stop the next pandemic by preventing the spillover of pathogens from animals to people.

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2020 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: U.S. Policy Report

COVID-19 shows how no one is immune from converging health crises and that millions of lives can be saved with climate action.

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Solutions for preventing the next pandemic

The cost of preventing the next pandemic is 2% of the cost we’re paying for COVID-19.

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The climate crisis and COVID-19—A major threat to the pandemic response

Strategies for local communities and states to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission during climate-related extreme events like heat waves, hurricanes, and wildfires.

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Want to prevent pandemics? Stop spillovers

World leaders must make spillover prevention central to 3 landmark agreements under development, writes our Director Dr. Aaron Bernstein.

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The Dawn of the Pandemic Age

We need to rethink how we address emerging infectious disease risks by stopping infections before they start, says our Director Dr. Aaron Bernstein.

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Increased infectious disease risk likely from climate change

Our Director Dr. Aaron Bernstein comments on a study showing climate change will increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans.

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Research Shows Actions to Prevent Pandemics Cost 5% of Lives Lost Every Year from Emerging Infectious Diseases

Better surveillance, wildlife and hunting management, and forest protection can prevent pandemics at a fraction of the cost.

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Primary Pandemic Prevention Costs 5% of Lives Lost Every Year from Emerging Infectious Diseases

Primary pandemic prevention actions cost less than 5% of the lowest estimated value of lives lost from emerging infectious diseases every year

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As Covid-19 cases rise, global task force lays out how to avert future pandemics

New report suggests that investing in conservation, improving agricultural practices, and strengthening healthcare systems can help prevent future pandemics.

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Preventing future pandemics depends on environmental action, Harvard task force finds

Environmental efforts, such as forest preservation and wildlife trade regulation, are essential to preventing future pandemics.

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New report calls for preventing human pandemics at the animal source

Preventing the next pandemic by stopping the spillover of animal pathogens to humans would be far less expensive than fighting a pandemic after it begins.

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Stopping ‘spillover’ events key to preventing future pandemics

Substantial investments are needed to reduce the likelihood of pathogens spilling from wildlife to humans and triggering the next pandemic, according to a new report from the International Scientific Task Force to Prevent Pandemics at the Source, which was convened by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Center for Climate, Health, and…

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New Report from Harvard and Global Experts Shows Investments in Nature Needed to Stop the Next Pandemic

Protecting forests and changing agricultural practices are essential, cost-effective actions to prevent pandemics.

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Dr. Renee Salas

Renee N. Salas MD, MPH, MS

Renee's work focuses on the intersection of the climate crisis, health, and healthcare delivery.

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