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The impacts of climate change on the right to health in the United Kingdom 

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As the COVID -19 pandemic showed , public health emergencies often disproportionately impact people experiencing poverty. Beyond physical health, the climate crisis also hinders mental health and emotional wellbeing. In particular, the 2015 Paris Agreement articulates the goal of keeping global temperatures below 2°C.

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Navigating the intersections of population health and precision medicine

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Population health and precision medicine defined. When President Barack Obama announced during the 2015 State of the Union Address that the government was launching the Precision Medicine Initiative, a debate began about whether and how precision medicine and population health management could coexist in the U.S.

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HIMSS22 EUROPE: “We need to co-create and work together with patients.”

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The young person’s advisory group, Kids Barcelona, was set up in 2015 and currently has 20 members of which 80% are patients and 20% are from the local community. Each month meetings are held at which members can contribute their opinions about projects at the hospital. “We need to co-create and work together with patients.”

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No Take-Backs: Moderna’s Attempt to Renege on its Vaccine Patent Pledge

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government funding, announced that it felt “a special obligation … to use our resources to bring this pandemic to an end as quickly as possible.” Monsanto and Myriad) ( this 2015 article discusses the history and taxonomy of patent pledges, many of which are collected in this online database ). By Jorge L. Updating” the Pledge.

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Reproductive Health at Risk: Climate Change and Agrotoxins in Latin America

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In Uruguay , 97% of food consumed between November 2015 and August 2016 contained pesticide residues, and in Mexico , 140 agrotoxins banned in other countries are used, 111 of which are classified as highly dangerous. Cumulatively, the Americas accounted for 51% of global pesticide use in 2020, a concerning increase from 44% in 2000.

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Biosafety Labs, Public Safety, and Politics

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dollars (USD) and additional government losses at $11 billion USD due to controlling livestock movement and depopulating infected livestock. Alas not: Regulators cited Kansas State University in 2015 for repeatedly violating safety regulations at its existing biosafety level 3 research lab, the Biosecurity Research Institute.

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Disability-Inclusive Climate Action in Bangladesh: Gaps and Opportunities

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Other researchers have found that “ many persons with disabilities do not receive any humanitarian support from NGOs or the Government ” following natural disasters. Many have wheelchair access ramps, and are heralded as accessible by the Bangladesh government and international funders, yet they lack accessible toilets.