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Q&A: Experts Urge Pediatric Advocacy Amid Worsening Climate Hazards

Physician's Weekly

In that study , researchers analyzed data from over one million participants from 0 to 19 years of age after torrential rains, floods, and landslides occurred in 2018. Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood, affecting millions of people worldwide and nearly 4.7 In the US, EWEs cause 60% of power outages.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

GPs Are the Backbone of Effective Healthcare Systems Countries with a stronger focus on primary care and family medicine, rather than on hospitals and specialists, enjoy better health, 1 , 2 lower health inequalities, 2 , 3 and prevent hospitalizations. 2 , 4 I believe this is crucial and that all politicians should know about it.

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‘We Need To Keep Fighting’: HIV Activists Organize To Save Lives as Trump Guts Funding

Physician's Weekly

Gaunt and feverish, he went to the hospital and learned he had AIDS. His mother slept at his hospital bedside for two weeks: “She said, ‘God got you.’” Community-based interventions worked: New HIV infections dropped by 12% from 2018 to 2022. . “I thought my family was going to disown me,” he said.