July's issue of PLOS Medicine includes a special issue on climate change and health. Included in this exciting issue are papers focusing on heatwaves and mortality or morbidity; the impact of air conditioning on greenhouse gas emissions; wildfires and health impacts; health sector contributions to emissions; the effects of increased CO2 on crop nutrients; the occurrence of sewage in urban water supplies as a consequence of rainwater surge; and modelling studies focusing on dengue risk in small island states. The Guest Editors Jonathan Patz (Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Madeleine Thomson (International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University) discuss the papers in their Editorial and reveal how these papers provide an important and compelling advance to the field of climate change and health.
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Editorial
Climate change and health: Moving from theory to practice
PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002628
Perspectives
Increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide: Anticipated negative effects on food quality
PLOS Medicine: published July 3, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002600
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Carbon pricing, co-pollutants, and climate policy: Evidence from California
PLOS Medicine: published July 17, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002610
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Climate change, urban health, and the promotion of health equity
PLOS Medicine: published July 24, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002621
From advocacy to action: Projecting the health impacts of climate change
PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002624
Reducing the opioid overdose death toll in North America
PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002626
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Prioritizing the needs of children in a changing climate
PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002627
Policy Forum
Climate change and women's health: Impacts and policy directions
PLOS Medicine: published July 10, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002603
Research Articles
Anticipated burden and mitigation of carbon-dioxide-induced nutritional deficiencies and related diseases: A simulation modeling study
PLOS Medicine: published July 3, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002586
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Adherence interventions and outcomes of tuberculosis treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis of trials and observational studies
PLOS Medicine: published July 3, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002595
Evaluating the 2014 sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Chile: An observational study in urban areas
PLOS Medicine: published July 3, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002596
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Chile’s 2014 sugar-sweetened beverage tax and changes in prices and purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages: An observational study in an urban environment
PLOS Medicine: published July 3, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002597
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Future ozone-related acute excess mortality under climate and population change scenarios in China: A modeling study
PLOS Medicine: published July 3, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002598
Air-quality-related health impacts from climate change and from adaptation of cooling demand for buildings in the eastern United States: An interdisciplinary modeling study
PLOS Medicine: published July 3, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002599
The San Diego 2007 wildfires and Medi-Cal emergency department presentations, inpatient hospitalizations, and outpatient visits: An observational study of smoke exposure periods and a bidirectional case-crossover analysis
PLOS Medicine: published July 10, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002601
Estimating the costs of air pollution to the National Health Service and social care: An assessment and forecast up to 2035
PLOS Medicine: published July 10, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002602
Carbon trading, co-pollutants, and environmental equity: Evidence from California’s cap-and-trade program (2011–2015)
PLOS Medicine: published July 10, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002604
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Reduced cognitive function during a heat wave among residents of non-air-conditioned buildings: An observational study of young adults in the summer of 2016
PLOS Medicine: published July 10, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002605
Treatment and outcomes in children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
PLOS Medicine: published July 11, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002591
Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy and risk of malaria in early childhood: A randomized controlled trial
PLOS Medicine: published July 17, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002606
Improving rational use of ACTs through diagnosis-dependent subsidies: Evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled trial in western Kenya
PLOS Medicine: published July 17, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002607
Short-term association between ambient temperature and acute myocardial infarction hospitalizations for diabetes mellitus patients: A time series study
PLOS Medicine: published July 17, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002612
Nonlinear and delayed impacts of climate on dengue risk in Barbados: A modelling study
PLOS Medicine: published July 17, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002613
Associations between birth characteristics and age-related cognitive impairment and dementia: A registry-based cohort study
PLOS Medicine: published July 18, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002609
Sexual transmission of Zika virus and other flaviviruses: A living systematic review
PLOS Medicine: published July 24, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002611
High levels of sewage contamination released from urban areas after storm events: A quantitative survey with sewage specific bacterial indicators
PLOS Medicine: published July 24, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002614
Neurodevelopmental disorders in children aged 2–9 years: Population-based burden estimates across five regions in India
PLOS Medicine: published July 24, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002615
Heat-related mortality trends under recent climate warming in Spain: A 36-year observational study
PLOS Medicine: published July 24, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002617
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Mortality attributable to hot and cold ambient temperatures in India: a nationally representative case-crossover study
PLOS Medicine: published July 24, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002619
Reducing the burden of dizziness in middle-aged and older people: A multifactorial, tailored, single-blind randomized controlled trial
PLOS Medicine: published July 24, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002620
Development of the Impacts of Cycling Tool (ICT): A modelling study and web tool for evaluating health and environmental impacts of cycling uptake
PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002622
Life cycle environmental emissions and health damages from the Canadian healthcare system: An economic-environmental-epidemiological analysis
PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002623
Methadone maintenance treatment and mortality in people with criminal convictions: A population-based retrospective cohort study from Canada
PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002625
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Quantifying excess deaths related to heatwaves under climate change scenarios: A multicountry time series modelling study
PLOS Medicine: published July 31, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002629