Analysis: How climate change is increasing immune health problems and how to counter it

How climate change is driving a global epidemic of immune health problems, and how to stop it Every $1 spent on mitigating climate change would save at least $3 in health care costs, largely through a reduction of diseases such as asthma and allergies. Patrick Skerrett STAT

...there is also strong evidence, at both the biological and the epidemiological levels, that the environment plays a crucial role in the rise of immune-mediated diseases. As I and a group of colleagues from the U.S. and Europe just reported in Frontiers in Science, climate-driven stressors are driving immune dysregulation at a scope that has contributed to an increase in immune-mediated diseases.

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