Health Check What surpassing 1.5°C means for global health
Oct 29, 2025
In this insightful discussion, health journalist Layal Liverpool shares crucial findings from the Lancet report, detailing the dire health impacts of surpassing 1.5°C in global warming. Professor Lance Price uncovers a study linking contaminated meat to urinary tract infections, highlighting grocery contamination and its socioeconomic links. James Gallagher contextualizes a large analysis of antidepressants, aiming to tailor treatments by evaluating their side effects. They also explore how walking patterns can significantly affect heart health, emphasizing the benefits of longer, continuous walks.
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Keep Cutting Emissions And Invest In Adaptation
- Keep striving to reduce emissions and invest in adaptation because temporarily surpassing 1.5°C doesn't negate all mitigation value.
- Treat climate change with the urgency of a health emergency and act on both mitigation and adaptation.
Meat-Linked E. coli May Cause Many UTIs
- About 18% of sampled UTIs in Southern California were caused by E. coli strains linked to meat and food animals.
- The study suggests foodborne spillover is a significant contributor to sporadic UTIs in the community.
Socioeconomic Factors Raise Foodborne UTI Risk
- Lower-income neighborhoods showed higher rates of foodborne UTIs, possibly due to poor packaging and cross-contamination in shopping bags.
- Socioeconomic and retail factors can magnify exposure to contaminated meat and health inequalities.