HHS Touts First-Ever Office To Focus On Climate, Health Connection

The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is touting the launch of its first-of-a-kind office to focus on the public health effects from climate change, arguing the new office will advance steps to protect disadvantaged communities while also curbing carbon emissions from the health care industry. “We’ve always known that health is at the center of climate change, and now we’re going to double-down on a necessity: fighting climate change in order to help protect public health in our...