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Op-Ed: From heat to mosquito-borne disease, climate change is already hurting our health

Most people know that if we don’t take action, climate change will leave a hotter, more chaotic, and more dangerous world for our children and grandchildren. But fewer think about the way it is hurting our health right now. As primary care physicians, we are deeply worried about the impact of the climate crisis on our health — and on our health-care system — in Fort Worth and beyond. It is, in effect, a slow-motion pandemic that too many health-care professionals and policymakers are ignoring. Let’s start with the most obvious effect of global warming: It’s getting hotter. Extreme heatwaves are becoming more common. In July, temperat...