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December 2024
Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Health care systems were subjected to an unprecedented surge of critically ill patients with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which required management by Respiratory Therapists (RTs). Despite the high level of burnout reported in this health care professional group, we have limited knowledge about the lived experience of RTs during the pandemic. This study aims to examine the impact of COVID-19 on RTs in Ontario, Canada.
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Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
December 2024
Department of Geography, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221005, India.
The mountainous region, which holds a diverse ecosystem providing services of global importance, is fragile owing to the varied topography and continuous human pressure. The risk from natural hazards in mountainous regions is substantial posing significant challenges and causing causalities. Northwestern Himalayas being located in the junction of the Eurasian and Indo-Australian plates are delicate and face the brunt of vagaries from multiple hazards as well as anthropogenic pressure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action.
Lancet
November 2024
Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
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- The world is nearing the critical threshold of 1.5°C warming, with 2023 recording an average temperature rise of 1.45°C since pre-industrial times, leading to severe climate-related impacts.
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Blinded by smoke: Wildfire smoke exposure and eye irritation in australian wildland firefighters.
Ocul Surf
October 2024
School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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July 2024
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