An abruptly postponed conference on climate change and its effects on human health is going to take place after all — thanks to Al Gore. The Climate and Health Summit was originally scheduled to be held from Feb. 14-16 in Atlanta. “The evidence is clear that climate change is a major threat facing the public’s health,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, in a statement. Follow me @DeborahNetburn and "like" Los Angeles Times Science & Health on Facebook. Fearing climate change databases may be threatened in Trump era, UCLA scientists work to protect them

Source: Los Angeles Times January 27, 2017 19:21 UTC