Want to prevent pandemics? Stop spillovers.
Vora NM, Hannah L, Lieberman S, Vale MM, Plowright RK, Bernstein AS.
Nature. 2022 05. 605(7910):419-422. PMID: 35551284
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Interim Director, Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment
Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics-Boston Children's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
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Harvard School of Public Health
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University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
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Erratum: "Warm Season and Emergency Department Visits to U.S. Children's Hospitals".
Bernstein AS, Sun S, Weinberger KR, Spangler KR, Sheffield PE, Wellenius GA.
Environ Health Perspect. 2022 Apr. 130(4):49002. PMID: 35471948
The costs and benefits of primary prevention of zoonotic pandemics.
Bernstein AS, Ando AW, Loch-Temzelides T, Vale MM, Li BV, Li H, Busch J, Chapman CA, Kinnaird M, Nowak K, Castro MC, Zambrana-Torrelio C, Ahumada JA, Xiao L, Roehrdanz P, Kaufman L, Hannah L, Daszak P, Pimm SL, Dobson AP.
Sci Adv. 2022 Feb 04. 8(5):eabl4183. PMID: 35119921
Climate Change and Medical Education: An Integrative Model.
Sullivan JK, Lowe KE, Gordon IO, Colbert CY, Salas RN, Bernstein A, Utech J, Natowicz MR, Mehta N, Isaacson JH.
Acad Med. 2022 02 01. 97(2):188-192. PMID: 34432714
Warm Season and Emergency Department Visits to U.S. Children's Hospitals.
Bernstein AS, Sun S, Weinberger KR, Spangler KR, Sheffield PE, Wellenius GA.
Environ Health Perspect. 2022 01. 130(1):17001. PMID: 35044241
Improving Patient Outcomes in the Dual Crises of Climate Change and COVID-19: Proceedings of the Third Annual Clinical Climate Change Meeting, January 8, 2021.
Senay E, Bernstein A, Shephard P, Salas R, Rizzo A, Sherman JD, Richardson L, Butts G, Marwah H, Solomon C, Galvez M, Thanik E, Pezeshki G, Zajac L, Lee A, Sheffield P, Wright R.
J Occup Environ Med. 2021 11 01. 63(11):e813-e818. PMID: 34354022
Preventing spillover as a key strategy against pandemics.
Vora NM, Sizer N, Bernstein A.
Nature. 2021 09. 597(7876):332. PMID: 34522012
A pediatrician's guide to climate change-informed primary care.
Philipsborn RP, Cowenhoven J, Bole A, Balk SJ, Bernstein A.
Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2021 Jun. 51(6):101027. PMID: 34244061
The medical response to climate change.
Bernstein AS.
Med (N Y). 2021 Apr 09. 2(4):361-365. PMID: 35590158
A two-year assessment of particulate air pollution and sources in Kuwait.
Alahmad B, Al-Hemoud A, Kang CM, Almarri F, Kommula V, Wolfson JM, Bernstein AS, Garshick E, Schwartz J, Koutrakis P.
Environ Pollut. 2021 Aug 01. 282:117016. PMID: 33848912
News
Historic climate legislation an ‘extraordinary step forward’
Congress’ recently passed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 includes about $400 billion to address climate and clean energy over the next decade, which is expected to help significantly reduce U.S. fossil fuel emissions and reduce health harms.
Extreme heat toolkit for providers, patients, clinics
A new extreme heat toolkit aims to provide information for healthcare providers, patients, and clinics on how to handle the serious health impacts of high temperatures.
The dangers of extreme heat
Extreme heat—the kind that baked the U.S. and other parts of the world in mid-July—poses grave health risks, according to Aaron Bernstein of Harvard Chan School.
The Supreme Court curbed EPA’s power to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. What comes next?
Harvard Chan School experts discuss the implications of a Supreme Court ruling limiting the EPA's power to curb power plant emissions.
Opinion: How climate action can improve children’s health
Parents who take action to fight climate change can help improve the lives of their children both now and in the future, according to Harvard Chan School’s Aaron Bernstein.