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The health of people with diabetes, hypertension and obesity improved when they could get free fruits and vegetables with a prescription from their doctors and other health professionals.
Some of the most cited “climate havens” are older cities in the Great Lakes region. Yet these cities will likely have to contend with some of the greatest temperature increases in the country in the coming years.
Chris Migliaccio a toxicologist at the University of Montana who studies the impact of wildfire smoke on human health, on the health risks people can face when smoke blows in from distant wildfires.