--- title: White House Climate Change Public Health: Climate Change Harms description: Heat and asthma attacks due to pollution are among the consequences of climate change that pose a danger to health, the White House said. canonical: https://time.com/3774259/climate-change-public-health-white-house/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-07T18:14:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:46:06.072Z article:section: Health og:title: White House Climate Change Public Health: Climate Change Harms og:description: Heat and asthma attacks due to pollution are among the consequences of climate change that pose a danger to health, the White House said. og:url: https://time.com/3774259/climate-change-public-health-white-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: White House Climate Change Public Health: Climate Change Harms twitter:description: Heat and asthma attacks due to pollution are among the consequences of climate change that pose a danger to health, the White House said. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # White House Says Climate Change Threatens Public Health > Sponsored content. 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The Obama administration will partners with medical schools and private partners like Microsoft, among other initiatives, to address the issue. “This is not just a future threat, this is a present threat,” said Brian Deese, the president’s senior climate change advisor, on a conference call. “The challenges we face are real and they are clear and present in people’s daily lives.” Tuesday’s announcement came part of a week-long effort by the President to draw attention to the public health implications of climate change, Deese said. Among the new initiatives announced is an effort from Microsoft to use drones to collect data and eventually build an early warning system for infectious disease outbreaks. President Obama was also set to address the issue at an appearance at Howard University Tuesday afternoon. **Read More**: [Carbon Regs Will Help Your Health More Than the Planet’s](http://time.com/2839619/carbon-regs-will-help-your-health-more-than-the-planets/) The White House outlined the devastating impact of the climate change on public health in a [report](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/the%5Fhealth%5Fimpacts%5Fof%5Fclimate%5Fchange%5Fon%5Famericans%5Ffinal.pdf) last year, highlighting increased asthma-related hospitalizations due to pollution and the effects of extreme heat. Research suggests that the number of asthma-related hospitalizations in the New York City area will have increased by more than 7% between 1990 and 2020 due to climate change, for instance, and extraordinary heat waves in many cities have caused death as well. The focus on climate change and public health comes at a crucial moment for U.S. efforts to safeguard the environment. 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