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@drrachellowe.bsky.social

ICREA Research Professor | Global Health Resilience Group Leader at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center | Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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The cover of the article "Protecting Health Through Climate Action in Europe"

The cover of the article "Protecting Health Through Climate Action in Europe"

Climate change can impact people's health in Europe

Climate change can impact people's health in Europe

Actions that help slow down climate change are also good for our health

Actions that help slow down climate change are also good for our health

🌱🧠 Today’s youth will live longest with #climatechange.
They must understand its impact on #health. Our new article breaks it down for them.

💡 Climate education is empowering to act, advocate & lead

Infographics: lancetcountdown.org/multimedia-resources
Full text: doi.org/10.3389/frym.2025.1556941

08.08.2025 08:29 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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🌍🌱 New for young readers (8–15): How climate change affects health, and how climate action helps!

Our new Frontiers for Young Minds article turns @countdowneurope.bsky.social findings into clear, hopeful insights.

🔗 Read: kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
📊 Infographics: shorturl.at/wmt0X

08.08.2025 08:06 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

It presents a positive perspective on

🔹 How climate change affects our health
🔹 The health benefits of climate action
🔹 The role of governments, businesses, and citizens

08.08.2025 09:03 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Integrating anticipatory action in disease outbreak preparedness and response in the humanitarian sector In the humanitarian sector, anticipatory action entails acting ahead of predicted hazardous events to prevent or mitigate potential impacts and needs. It leverages early warnings to bridge preparednes...

📰 New publication!

Tilly Alcayna et al. present a framework for developing triggers for anticipatory action for climate-sensitive infectious disease outbreaks in #humanitarian settings

🤝 Informed by practices from ‪Red Cross Red Crescent, UN agencies & ‪MSF

gh.bmj.com/content/10/7...

29.07.2025 08:53 — 👍 6    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

@drrachellowe.bsky.social

29.07.2025 08:54 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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New ECDC weekly reports and guidance to tackle mosquito-borne diseases across Europe As Europe enters this year’s mosquito season, ECDC has launched a new series of weekly surveillance updates to help public health authorities monitor mosquito-borne diseases in a timely way, covering ...

🦟 Europe’s mosquitoes are on the move — and they’re arriving early.

In 2025, France reported 6 chikungunya outbreaks by May. That’s weeks ahead of the usual season.

Read our news item on the current situation and #ECDC's response: bit.ly/4esZ0zr

#MosquitoBorneDiseases #ECDC

01.07.2025 14:10 — 👍 20    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 1
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Great science yesterday at the @ibeidlabex.bsky.social meeting at ENVA at Maisons Alfort with fantastic talks from our guest @drrachellowe.bsky.social and many others! @salehlabparis.bsky.social @fernando-batista.bsky.social @pasteur.fr @anses-fr.bsky.social @inserm.fr @ap-hp.bsky.social

17.06.2025 14:10 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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🎭🔥 Estrena de ‘Crema, Groenlàndia’

L'espectacle, que ha comptat amb la participació del BSC, s’endinsa en l’ #emergènciaclimàtica des de l’escenari, combinant fets reals, ciència i ficció

📅 18 de juny
➡ www.bsc.es/Ztt

🟢Iniciativa de l’Institut de Ciència i Teatre finançada per #FECYT #Crearte

16.06.2025 12:49 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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🙌La investigadora del BSC @drrachellowe.bsky.social es una de las 8 finalistas de los premios Vanguardia de la Ciencia por 'La #crisisclimática ya es una crisis sanitaria'

☑La ganadora se elegirá por votación popular, que estará abierta hasta el 22 de junio: bsc.es/Ztp

12.06.2025 09:37 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🌡🌍 “España lidera el incremento de muertes por calor en Europa”

La investigadora del BSC @drrachellowe.bsky.social, finalista de los premios Vanguardia de la Ciencia

☑ La ganadora se elegirá por votación popular: bsc.es/Ztp

Entrevista en @lavanguardia.com: bsc.es/Zth

03.06.2025 10:33 — 👍 7    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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Temporada de mosquits: Catalunya es prepara per evitar que el dengue es faci endèmic Comença la temporada de vigilància intensiva del mosquit tigre, transmissor de malalties tropicals que poden arribar a ser molt greus

🗣️ “We try to understand how a disease spreads, anticipate where and when an outbreak is likely, and give this info to public health services so they can act,” says @drrachellowe.bsky.social from @bsc-cns.bsky.social.

🔝 Don't miss the interview for the Catalan TV. ⬇️ www.3cat.cat/324/temporad...

03.06.2025 09:32 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“España lidera el incremento de muertes por calor en Europa” La mortalidad relacionada con el calor ha aumentado un 94% en Europa entre 2000 y 2020. Así lo indica el informe The Lancet Countdown Europe 2024, publicado en The

"El cambio climático no es un escenario teórico para un futuro lejano: ya está aquí y mata"

@drrachellowe.bsky.social investigadora del @bsc-cns.bsky.social

www.lavanguardia.com/vanguardia-d...

01.06.2025 06:34 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Yesterday @ianguelovski.bsky.social @pkotsila.bsky.social
served as jury members for the 2024 Ciudad de Barcelona Awards @barcelonacat.bsky.social awarding the Lancet Countdown’s Europe Report on Health & Climate Change. Congrats to lead authors @daalenkim.bsky.social @drrachellowe.bsky.social!

27.05.2025 15:36 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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🙌La investigadora del BSC @drrachellowe.bsky.social es una de las 8 finalistas de los premios Vanguardia de la Ciencia por 'La #crisisclimática ya es una crisis sanitaria'

☑La ganadora se elegirá por votación popular, que estará abierta hasta el 22 de junio: www.bsc.es/Ztp

28.05.2025 08:40 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Vota a las finalistas del premio Vanguardia de la Ciencia 2025 La votación para elegir a las ganadoras del premio Vanguardia de la Ciencia estará abierta hasta el domingo 22 de junio a las 23.59 (hora peninsular).

🌍 Big news! @drrachellowe.bsky.social, our former Director, has been nominated for the @lavanguardia.com Science Prize 2025 for leading the 2024 #LancetCountdown #Europe report!
🗳️ Cast your vote and support science that drives change: www.lavanguardia.com/vanguardia-d...
#Climate #Health #vote

27.05.2025 08:23 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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🎉 Congratulations to @drrachellowe.bsky.social , member of the #E4Warning consortium and finalist for the @lavanguardia.com Science Award for her excellent research at @bsc-cns.bsky.social!

🗳️ Support her with your vote before June 22:

👉 www.lavanguardia.com/ciencia

#WomenInScience

26.05.2025 07:14 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Join our Editor-in-Chief, Pooja Jha & colleagues from
@thelancet.com group in an upcoming webinar: "Pathways to Publication in Infectious Diseases".

We’ll also share insights on processes & opportunities to maximize the impact of your research.

Register here: hubs.li/Q03hG35S0

19.05.2025 15:06 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Talking Climate | Katharine Hayhoe | Substack Subscribe to Katharine's newsletter for a clear-eyed and hopeful look at climate science and solutions. Receive weekly climate updates, good climate news, event information, ideas on things to do and ...

Did you know:

* Heat stress & pollution affect fertility, miscarriage & maternal health?

* Love for the next generation is the #1 reason people act on climate?

* Parent groups are among the fastest-growing climate movements?

Excited for my Mother’s Day edition! Sign up here so you won't miss it.

09.05.2025 00:21 — 👍 305    🔁 75    💬 4    📌 2
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Està preparada Catalunya per afrontar les malalties que vindran❓

🌍L'escalfament global accelera i la globalització connecta: malalties abans llunyanes ja es transmeten localment

🗞En parla la investigadora del BSC @drrachellowe.bsky.social al Diari Ara

➡ www.bsc.es/ZFu

#dengue #mosquits #virus

06.05.2025 06:59 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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🔴Abierto el acceso a nuestro ordenador #cuántico de @quantumspain.bsky.social

⚛️💻Podéis solicitar su uso a través de la @res-icts.bsky.social

📆Solicitudes hasta el 8 de mayo

➡ bsc.es/ZFp

#MareNostrumOna #NextGenerationEU #PlandeRecuperación

30.04.2025 07:17 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Short-term effect of temperature and precipitation on the incidence of West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease in Europe: a multi-country case-crossover analysis These findings emphasize the significance of short-term variations in temperature and precipitation in driving WNND incidence in Europe. Meteorological factors can be used to operationalize early warn...

Really nice, straight to the point paper by @drrachellowe.bsky.social 's team.

Short-term effect of temperature and precipitation on the incidence of West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease in Europe: a multi-country case-crossover analysis - www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

19.04.2025 09:29 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Protecting global health partnerships in the era of destructive nationalism

"Science-based health messages must be delivered in ways that are accessible to diverse, global audiences."

Opinion in @plosglobalpublichealth.org on global health partnerships co-authored by @amayabustinduy.bsky.social & @drrachellowe.bsky.social #PublicHealth

👉 journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

17.04.2025 14:14 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Given discussions at I had at #ESCMIDGlobal, it might be useful for new researchers to know how a journal editor screens submissions (obviously this is my approach and so it might differ for others).

15.04.2025 13:24 — 👍 45    🔁 24    💬 6    📌 5
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Stellar panel on #climatechange & infectious disease risks at #ESCMIDGlobal 🌎
Great to see an increase in climate-related discussions over the past years & further interlinkages with #AMR.
@escmid.bsky.social @drrachellowe.bsky.social @krisebi.bsky.social @yassentch.bsky.social

14.04.2025 09:48 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Strengthening resilience to emerging vector-borne diseases in Europe: lessons learnt from countries facing endemic transmission Emerging vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are a major public health concern worldwide. Climate change, environmental degradation and globalisation have le…

🦟 "Strengthening resilience to emerging #vector-borne diseases in #Europe: lessons learnt from countries facing endemic transmission" by Gina EC Charnley, @drrachellowe.bsky.social et al. @lancetrh-europe.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

06.04.2025 14:03 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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I'd like to tell you a story about a scientist you may not have heard of, but who shaped a lot of modern health research... 🧵

29.03.2025 07:13 — 👍 399    🔁 182    💬 16    📌 21
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🌍 TerraDT aims to enhance #DestinE. How will we ensure compatibility?

🔹 DestinE-compliant tech
🔹 New DTCs for ice, land & aerosols
🔹 Impact models on sea-level rise, navigation, urban planning
🔹 Synergies with #WeatherGenerator @ecmwf.int & @urbanair.bsky.social

Stay updated 📩 tinyurl.com/3dhjuxe6

20.03.2025 09:30 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Diga-li ciència - Tomàs Montalvo. Cap del Servei de Vigilància i Control de Plagues Urbanes de l’Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona. Plagues urbanes Tomàs Montalvo. Cap del Servei de Vigilància i Control de Plagues Urbanes de l’Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona. Plagues urbanes

Ahir van estar amb els companys de @radio4rne.bsky.social parlant sobre plagues urbanes 🦟🐀🪳i la importancia de disposar de programes de vigilancia i control fonamentats en la prevencio i col.laboracio.
www.rtve.es/play/audios/...

19.03.2025 05:56 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Dengue Clinical Practice review

19.03.2025 08:34 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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