Andreas Vilhelmsson

Andreas Vilhelmsson

@avilhelmsson.bsky.social

Focusing on climate & health and the public health aspects from climate change.

898 Followers 209 Following 13 Posts Joined Dec 2023
6 months ago
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Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign

Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

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6 months ago
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In a Hotter World, Some People Age Faster, Researchers Find

In a Hotter World, Some People Age Faster, Researchers Find www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...

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6 months ago
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Witkoff delivered Russian medal from Putin to family of American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024 | CNN Politics US special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered a Russian medal to the grieving family of an American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024, a senior administration official told CNN.

Can you imagine a US envoy handing a Nazi medal to the family of an American who died fighting for Hitler? Because this just happened:
www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/p...

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8 months ago
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How a mysterious epidemic of kidney disease is killing thousands of young men Repeated damage from extreme heat over time seems to be a leading factor causing kidneys to fail.

Our fellow Dr. Catharina Giudice shares in @nature.com how repeated exposure to extreme #heat can lead to kidney failure.

“You’re having this acute kidney injury day after day... progress[ing] to a state where the cells can’t recover fully.”
loom.ly/aWtlkVw

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8 months ago
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Extreme Heat Is Exacerbating Air Pollution, a ‘Double Whammy’ for Health Extreme heat is making air pollution worse, scientists say. And President Trump’s regulatory rollbacks could drive air pollution even higher.

Extreme heat & air pollution are a "double whammy" threat to public health, increasing hospital visits for respiratory, heart & mental health, says our director @maryrice-lungdr.bsky.social to @NYTimes.com. Rollbacks to air quality regulations threaten to make pollution worse https://loom.ly/BURs3N0

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8 months ago
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Democrats and climate groups ‘too polite’ in fight against ‘malevolent’ fossil fuel giants, says key senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island gives 300th climate speech on the US Senate floor

The Democratic party and the climate movement have been “too cautious and polite” and should instead be denouncing the fossil fuel industry’s “huge denial operation”, the US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said in a sit down interview this week.

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1 year ago

»Recensionen gör inte verket rättvisa, men sammanfattningsvis är boken ett synnerligen genomarbetat standardverk inom klimatmedicin. Den bör läsas av alla inom …

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Global Shield Briefing (18 February 2025) Domestic readiness, precise threat estimates, citizen-led policy, and local response efforts

open.substack.com/pub/globalsh...

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1 year ago
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Opinion | Trump is Ending the American-Led World Order The Trump administration is leading the world into a chaotic global order.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...

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1 year ago
Yale Online Climate Change and Health Certificate Program for Working Professionals Climate change is arguably the greatest public health threat faced by humanity. Governmental and nongovernmental organizations like the World Health

Highly recommended
ysph.yale.edu/cchcert/

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1 year ago
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Opinion | Trump, Musk and DOGE Are Tearing Apart the Government Musk and Trump are launching a frontal assault on the concept of democratic governance

Yes, it is a war on public health and it will have devastating consequences.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

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1 year ago
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Of course it’s a coup Miss the obvious, lose your republic

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1 year ago
An image of the top of a stylized analog clock, the Doomsday Clock, with a wide black border on top, solid black circles instead of numbers, and the tops of the minute and hour arms visible, close to midnight.

The 2025 #DoomsdayClock announcement is today at 10:00am EST / 1500 GMT.

Watch the livestream on YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, or our website: bit.ly/411huC5

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1 year ago
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Vala Flosadottir on LinkedIn: #klimatmedicin #hälsoochsjukvård #medicin #vård Andreas Vilhelmsson, redaktör för boken Klimatmedicin, föreläste idag tillsammans med några av de medverkande författarna om hur klimatförändringar och hälsa…

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1 year ago
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Trump team takes aim at crown jewel of US climate research A top aide to the president-elect wants tighter control over the National Climate Assessment.

www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

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1 year ago
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Surgeon General calls for new label on drinks to warn Americans of alcohol's cancer risk Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday.

Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday.

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📣 Surveys Extended! Help shape climate and health education—share widely!

The GCCHE and partners are surveying public health and medical schools worldwide on integrating climate change and health curricula. Your input contributes to a global indicator! www.publichealth.columbia.edu/research/pro...

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1 year ago
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The role of trait mindfulness in moderating climate distress during wildfire season Extreme worry about climate change can lead to maladaptive climate distress, defined as avoiding negative thoughts and feelings about climate. Avoiding negative thoughts and feelings (“experiential av...

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1 year ago
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”Läkare har en möjlighet att påverka” - Studio Ett Vad är antropocentrisk massa? Vad gör värme med oss människor och vad kan ett kärnvapenkrig få för konsekvenser? Svaren finns i en ny bok, Klimatmedicin, ...

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1 year ago
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Climate change is the worst. Here's just how bad it got this year. The big news in Earth science this year was all about climate change, with extreme weather, flooding and drought attributed to warming. Scientists also warned about much worse to come if we don't rein...

www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

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