Overview This complimentary webinar series, held every other month, is a collaborative venture between the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and the Supportive Care Service, the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Health System, the University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, and the…
Read MoreGeneva Health Forum: Addressing the Environmental Drivers of Pandemics
The environmental drivers of disease spillover are neglected in current efforts to prevent and detect future pandemics. The following session at the Geneva Health Forum, “Addressing the Environmental Drivers of Pandemics,” was co-organized and moderated by CUGH’s Executive Director, Dr. Keith Martin. It contains many useful initiatives from leading scientists in the field that will…
Read MoreExistential Threat of Covid-19
This briefing paper by Research!America provides an overview of the existential threat that COVID-19 continues to pose to our society. We ask that you take a moment to urge your representatives in Congress to support passage of an additional funding measure using this editable email.
Read MoreABC News: Updated Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health
One out of every six deaths in 2019 were attributed to pollution, according to a new estimate published in The Lancet Planetary Health. Check out ABC News’ review of the new Lancet Planetary Health Publication.
Read MoreThe Invasion of Ukraine is an Evolving Global Health Crisis; CUGH Calls on Russia to Withdraw its Troops Immediately
The unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Russia is an egregious assault on a peaceful democracy. This attack violates international norms, treaties, and the Geneva Conventions. It is inflicting loss of life, disability, and the destruction of Ukraine’s economy and its environment. The attacks against Ukraine’s nuclear facilities and threats to use nuclear weapons by President…
Read MoreResources on Water Security
The world is faced with unprecedented water-related challenges which impact our ability to meet many of the UN sustainable development goals. Climate warming and human actions are altering precipitation patterns, reducing snow levels, accelerating glacier melting, intensifying floods, and increasing risk of droughts, while pollution frompopulation growth and industrialization is degrading water systems. This poses…
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