Noah Scovronick

A global shift toward cleaner energy could prevent more than 11 million deaths worldwide in the coming decades, according to a new series published in The Lancet. The authors highlight how energy access—and the type of energy people rely on—has profound consequences for human health, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The series, “Energy & Health in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries,” examines how energy poverty, household fuel use, and electricity access affect…

Abstract:  Heterogeneity in temperature-mortality relationships across locations may partly result from differences in the demographic structure of populations and their cause-specific vulnerabilities. Here we conduct the largest epidemiological study to date on the association between ambient temperature and mortality by age and cause using data from 532 cities in 33 countries. We collected daily temperature and mortality data from each country. Mortality data was provided as daily death counts within…