Climate Change Makes Vaccines More Important—While Also Undercutting Them

Alessandro Siani

School of the Environment and Life Sciences

Press/Media: Expert comment

Description

Vaccines are crucial to mitigate the spread of climate-fueled diseases, experts say. But global warming also makes them less effective, while the anti-vaccine movement reduces uptake.

Period	22 Nov 2024

Media contributions

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Media contributions

Title	Climate Change Makes Vaccines More Important—While Also Undercutting Them
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	Inside Climate News
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United States
Date	22/11/24
Description	Vaccines are crucial to mitigate the spread of climate-fueled diseases, experts say. But global warming also makes them less effective, while the anti-vaccine movement reduces uptake.
URL	https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22112024/todays-climate-vaccines-extreme-weather-public-health/
Persons	Alessandro Siani

Keywords

climate change
infectious diseases
vaccines
misinformation
extreme weather