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HHS Opens New Office to Address Health Impacts of Climate Crisis

HeadlineSep 01, 2021

The Biden administration announced it was creating a new Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, which will deal with the health impacts of the climate crisis and its disproportionate effects on poor communities. Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine laid out the office’s main goals as building community resilience, reducing carbon emissions in healthcare, and recovery and infrastructure funding.

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