Public Health Heats Up: Global and Local Impacts of Climate Disruption

Dr. Ali Khan, MD, MPH, Dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health, discusses the fact that global warming is already real and is already affected human health conditions. Dr. Khan also describes the ways climate change will exacerbate current health conditions affected by weather and climate, and create new health problems, such as heat-related illnesses, cardio-pulmonary diseases, vector-borne, water-borne, food-borne diseases and mental health issues.