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8 billion people: Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public health, with global consequences

  • Written by Maureen Lichtveld, Dean of the School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
8 billion people: Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public health, with global consequencesInfectious diseases like COVID-19 top the list of health concerns.Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

There are questions that worry me profoundly as a population- and environmental-health scientist.

Will we have enough food for a growing global population? How will we take care of more people in the next pandemic? What will heat do to millions with...

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