Liza Gross
@lizagross.bsky.social
Reporter for Inside Climate News. Focus on ag, oil and gas, conservation, environmental justice. Live and work on unceded Lisjan Ohlone land. (she/her) SEJ, IRE, SPJ NorCal
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As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites - Inside Climate News
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk.
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New research shows how low-income communities of color bear the brunt of pollution past and present, and how that legacy of injustice is likely to reverberate for generations as seas rise. We have the story at @insideclimatenews.org A thread. 1/ insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...
California finally updated its 15-year-old #landfill methane regulation, including critical measures to strengthen oversight and monitoring of the toxic air contaminants released along with methane that have made so many seriously ill. #ChiquitaCanyon #LMR
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California Is Finally Updating Its Methane Landfill Rule - Inside Climate News
California regulators voted on Thursday to update a 15-year-old rule controlling emissions of methane from municipal landfills, the second-largest source of the climate super pollutant in the state. ...
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November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
California finally updated its 15-year-old #landfill methane regulation, including critical measures to strengthen oversight and monitoring of the toxic air contaminants released along with methane that have made so many seriously ill. #ChiquitaCanyon #LMR
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When it comes to ecology, and especially trophic cascades, well, it's complicated. Nice piece by my colleague @jakebolster.bsky.social on new work from Chris Wilmers, @taaltree.bsky.social and colleagues on the ecological role of large carnivores and the wisdom of conservation over restoration.
Yellowstone has long been a mecca for scientists studying how predators, like wolves and grizzly bears, affect everything from elk grazing to vegetation height. They are still debating how to make sense of what they’ve learned.
Reintroduced Carnivores’ Impacts on Ecosystems Are Still Coming Into Focus - Inside Climate News
Yellowstone has long been a mecca for scientists studying how predators affect everything from elk grazing to vegetation height. They are still debating how to make sense of what they’ve learned.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
When it comes to ecology, and especially trophic cascades, well, it's complicated. Nice piece by my colleague @jakebolster.bsky.social on new work from Chris Wilmers, @taaltree.bsky.social and colleagues on the ecological role of large carnivores and the wisdom of conservation over restoration.
New research shows how low-income communities of color bear the brunt of pollution past and present, and how that legacy of injustice is likely to reverberate for generations as seas rise. We have the story at @insideclimatenews.org A thread. 1/ insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...
As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites - Inside Climate News
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
New research shows how low-income communities of color bear the brunt of pollution past and present, and how that legacy of injustice is likely to reverberate for generations as seas rise. We have the story at @insideclimatenews.org A thread. 1/ insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...
My latest @insideclimatenews.org looks at a new study showing 1000s of U.S. hazardous sites likely to flood by 2050, placing low-income communities of color—stuck near toxic sites due to legacies of discrimination—at disproportionate risk of harm. #ToxicTides
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As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites - Inside Climate News
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My latest @insideclimatenews.org looks at a new study showing 1000s of U.S. hazardous sites likely to flood by 2050, placing low-income communities of color—stuck near toxic sites due to legacies of discrimination—at disproportionate risk of harm. #ToxicTides
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Grateful to Peter for his stellar data analysis work, which produced maps letting people see how many lbs. of two highly toxic pesticides, including the carcinogen 1,3-D, growers applied near their kids' schools. It's an invaluable public service CA regulators should have been providing all along.
Pleased to pick up an @spj-norcal.bsky.social award with @lizagross.bsky.social for investigative reporting!
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For this @insideclimatenews.org series:
Captured: How pesticide regulators place industry profits above public health
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For this @insideclimatenews.org series:
Captured: How pesticide regulators place industry profits above public health
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Captured - Inside Climate News
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October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Grateful to Peter for his stellar data analysis work, which produced maps letting people see how many lbs. of two highly toxic pesticides, including the carcinogen 1,3-D, growers applied near their kids' schools. It's an invaluable public service CA regulators should have been providing all along.
Honored to share an @spj-norcal.bsky.social Excellence in Journalism award for investigative reporting with @peteraldhous.com for our @insideclimatenews.org Captured series, which shows how pesticide regulators serve industry over health. Congrats to the other winners! spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
SPJ NorCal Honors 2025 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners « SPJ NorCal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025
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October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Honored to share an @spj-norcal.bsky.social Excellence in Journalism award for investigative reporting with @peteraldhous.com for our @insideclimatenews.org Captured series, which shows how pesticide regulators serve industry over health. Congrats to the other winners! spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
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Too bad most outdoor workers don't have the ability to "stay out of the sun." In California and a few others states, #OSHA standards help prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths. In the rest of the states, not so much.
Good luck workers: you're on your own. www.newsweek.com/millions-of-...
Good luck workers: you're on your own. www.newsweek.com/millions-of-...
Millions of Americans told to stay out of the sun
NWS urges millions to watch for signs of heat stroke as California braces for an October heatwave with temps near 100.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Too bad most outdoor workers don't have the ability to "stay out of the sun." In California and a few others states, #OSHA standards help prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths. In the rest of the states, not so much.
Good luck workers: you're on your own. www.newsweek.com/millions-of-...
Good luck workers: you're on your own. www.newsweek.com/millions-of-...
Many are calling #COP30 “the Indigenous People’s COP." With historically marginalized groups afforded access to the main venue for climate negotiations, Indigenous, Afro-descendant and local community leaders see reason for hope.
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Will COP30 Finally Prioritize Indigenous Voices? - Inside Climate News
Indigenous and community leaders see the upcoming U.N. climate talks in the heart of the Amazon Basin as an unprecedented opportunity to infuse global climate ambitions with justice and inclusiveness.
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October 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Many are calling #COP30 “the Indigenous People’s COP." With historically marginalized groups afforded access to the main venue for climate negotiations, Indigenous, Afro-descendant and local community leaders see reason for hope.
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This just in: an interview with myself about my new novel, Proles. Tough, but fair. Enjoy!
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interview with myself — proles
interview Proles Bergman
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October 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This just in: an interview with myself about my new novel, Proles. Tough, but fair. Enjoy!
#WritingCommunity (such as it is)
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#WritingCommunity (such as it is)
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In the midst of a federal hiring freeze, JD Vance’s best buddy was hired to lead the nation’s premier environmental health sciences institute—even though the position wasn’t vacant—raising fears of political favoritism. Read more at @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...
Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIH Environmental Health Institute - Inside Climate News
Despite a federal hiring freeze, the Trump administration just appointed a scientist who calls Vance one of his “closest friends” to head the nation’s key environmental health research arm.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
In the midst of a federal hiring freeze, JD Vance’s best buddy was hired to lead the nation’s premier environmental health sciences institute—even though the position wasn’t vacant—raising fears of political favoritism. Read more at @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...
#EnvironmentalJustice
When Black people say, "We can't breathe," It could be because of police brutality or it could be because of PM2.5 in our heavily polluted communities. —Melissa Miles, NJ Environmental Justice Alliance
#cumulativeimpacts
When Black people say, "We can't breathe," It could be because of police brutality or it could be because of PM2.5 in our heavily polluted communities. —Melissa Miles, NJ Environmental Justice Alliance
#cumulativeimpacts
October 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
#EnvironmentalJustice
When Black people say, "We can't breathe," It could be because of police brutality or it could be because of PM2.5 in our heavily polluted communities. —Melissa Miles, NJ Environmental Justice Alliance
#cumulativeimpacts
When Black people say, "We can't breathe," It could be because of police brutality or it could be because of PM2.5 in our heavily polluted communities. —Melissa Miles, NJ Environmental Justice Alliance
#cumulativeimpacts
“We are in an authoritarian state,” said @peer.org's @timothywhitehouse.bsky.social at a recent briefing. Federal scientists and environmental experts are no longer free to give unbiased evidence to agency heads, who now serve corporate interests, they say. See @insideclimatenews.org
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EPA’s ‘Comeback’ a Sham Fueled by Trump’s Authoritarian Power Grab, Critics Charge - Inside Climate News
Federal environmental scientists have been “left largely defenseless.” Their jobs abruptly terminated. Their research and policy advice ignored, manipulated or suppressed. Their agency captured by the...
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October 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“We are in an authoritarian state,” said @peer.org's @timothywhitehouse.bsky.social at a recent briefing. Federal scientists and environmental experts are no longer free to give unbiased evidence to agency heads, who now serve corporate interests, they say. See @insideclimatenews.org
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“Imagine harvesting fruits that feed America, yet being told that we don’t deserve the protections that are already written in law. This is our reality.”
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UFW pushes for farms to honor union contracts - Rochester Beacon
United Farm Workers organizers have called on Wayne County’s Wafler Farms to implement a contract imposed in arbitration.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“Imagine harvesting fruits that feed America, yet being told that we don’t deserve the protections that are already written in law. This is our reality.”
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New from me at @insideclimatenews.org
It’s not unusual to find ethnic disparities w/pesticide exposures, said an author of a new study that found 1 in 2 pregnant Latina women lived near high use of brain-damaging organophosphates. But “it’s a huge injustice.”
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It’s not unusual to find ethnic disparities w/pesticide exposures, said an author of a new study that found 1 in 2 pregnant Latina women lived near high use of brain-damaging organophosphates. But “it’s a huge injustice.”
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California Sanctions Stark Disparities in Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy - Inside Climate News
If you’re young, pregnant and Latina, chances are you live near agricultural fields sprayed with higher levels of brain-damaging organophosphate pesticides.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
New from me at @insideclimatenews.org
It’s not unusual to find ethnic disparities w/pesticide exposures, said an author of a new study that found 1 in 2 pregnant Latina women lived near high use of brain-damaging organophosphates. But “it’s a huge injustice.”
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It’s not unusual to find ethnic disparities w/pesticide exposures, said an author of a new study that found 1 in 2 pregnant Latina women lived near high use of brain-damaging organophosphates. But “it’s a huge injustice.”
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Jane Goodall was a huge figure for everyone & also us at @mongabay.com 😔
An advisory board member & friend for years, she traveled 300 days/year right to the end, promoting conservation worldwide
Her memory is definitely a blessing
Here's the last conversation we had w/ her for the podcast:
An advisory board member & friend for years, she traveled 300 days/year right to the end, promoting conservation worldwide
Her memory is definitely a blessing
Here's the last conversation we had w/ her for the podcast:
Jane Goodall at 90: On fame, hope, and empathy
Jane Goodall turns 90 today. For the past few weeks, the world has been marking her birthday in a variety of ways, from a unique 90-dog salute on a beach in Carmel, California, symbolizing her life-lo...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Jane Goodall was a huge figure for everyone & also us at @mongabay.com 😔
An advisory board member & friend for years, she traveled 300 days/year right to the end, promoting conservation worldwide
Her memory is definitely a blessing
Here's the last conversation we had w/ her for the podcast:
An advisory board member & friend for years, she traveled 300 days/year right to the end, promoting conservation worldwide
Her memory is definitely a blessing
Here's the last conversation we had w/ her for the podcast:
Eating fruits and vegetables grown in the U.S. exposes consumers to classes of #pesticides associated with serious health problems. New research from @ewgofficial.bsky.social helps show just how much. insideclimatenews.org/news/2409202...
Pesticides in Your Produce? Probably. - Inside Climate News
Eating fruits and vegetables grown in the U.S. exposes consumers to classes of pesticides associated with serious health problems. New research helps show just how much.
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September 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Eating fruits and vegetables grown in the U.S. exposes consumers to classes of #pesticides associated with serious health problems. New research from @ewgofficial.bsky.social helps show just how much. insideclimatenews.org/news/2409202...
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How Workers Died Last Week: Crushed by machinery, tiger attack, pipeline, farming, drowning, tree trimming, construction, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries at work.
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Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job - Confined Space
On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the US due to traumatic injuries suffered at work. Here are how a few died last week.
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September 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
How Workers Died Last Week: Crushed by machinery, tiger attack, pipeline, farming, drowning, tree trimming, construction, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries at work.
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My interview with CNN
September 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My interview with CNN
People living near the Aliso Canyon natural gas blowout in L.A.'s upscale Porter Ranch won an emergency declaration from Gov. Jerry Brown to help them relocate until it was thought safe to return. People in Latino and historically Black communities near #ChiquitaCanyonLandfill have not. A thread. /1
New: Pregnant women who lived closest to the #AlisoCanyon disaster during their final trimester were twice as likely to have low birth weight babies, a risk factor for childhood and adult disease, new research found. #Naturalgas is loaded with toxic chemicals insideclimatenews.org/news/2009202...
Toxic Plumes from Aliso Canyon Gas Blowout Harmed Babies, Study Shows - Inside Climate News
Infants born to pregnant women exposed to the massive Southern California gas leak were more likely to be underweight, a risk factor for serious long-term health conditions.
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September 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
People living near the Aliso Canyon natural gas blowout in L.A.'s upscale Porter Ranch won an emergency declaration from Gov. Jerry Brown to help them relocate until it was thought safe to return. People in Latino and historically Black communities near #ChiquitaCanyonLandfill have not. A thread. /1
New: Pregnant women who lived closest to the #AlisoCanyon disaster during their final trimester were twice as likely to have low birth weight babies, a risk factor for childhood and adult disease, new research found. #Naturalgas is loaded with toxic chemicals insideclimatenews.org/news/2009202...
Toxic Plumes from Aliso Canyon Gas Blowout Harmed Babies, Study Shows - Inside Climate News
Infants born to pregnant women exposed to the massive Southern California gas leak were more likely to be underweight, a risk factor for serious long-term health conditions.
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September 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New: Pregnant women who lived closest to the #AlisoCanyon disaster during their final trimester were twice as likely to have low birth weight babies, a risk factor for childhood and adult disease, new research found. #Naturalgas is loaded with toxic chemicals insideclimatenews.org/news/2009202...
If you need a break from stories documenting the reversal of landmark laws to protect the climate, environment and public health, do yourself a favor: read about this inspiring teen who's working to find ways to combat the #climatecrisis and safeguard the planet for future generations.
From @lizagross.bsky.social pretty self explanatory from the headline. I can totally relate. Welcome to the fight Mira Shah and Karbon Economics. www.karboneconomics.com. Next we need to get you on @bsky.app 🔌💡
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California Teen Starts an Online Journal on the Power of Economics to Confront Climate Change - Inside Climate News
Frustrated with the lack of climate action, a high-school student launched Karbon Economics to explore systems that can shape solutions to the climate crisis.
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September 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you need a break from stories documenting the reversal of landmark laws to protect the climate, environment and public health, do yourself a favor: read about this inspiring teen who's working to find ways to combat the #climatecrisis and safeguard the planet for future generations.
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Many thanks to Gretchen Goldman @nature.com for the review of our new book #ScienceUnderSiege by @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How did assaults on science become the norm — and what can we do?
An insightful book explores attacks on science from a historical and a personal perspective.
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September 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Many thanks to Gretchen Goldman @nature.com for the review of our new book #ScienceUnderSiege by @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social
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Hey, I know that story! From @ucscscicomm.bsky.social Communicating Climate Solutions Symposium. cc @lizagross.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Hey, I know that story! From @ucscscicomm.bsky.social Communicating Climate Solutions Symposium. cc @lizagross.bsky.social
So inspiring to see young students working together to confront the climate crisis. "We’re going to be inheriting this problem, and we might actually have a chance of slowing it down," the teen founder said.
Many thanks to @ssteingraber1.bsky.social and @doctorvive.bsky.social for comments.
Many thanks to @ssteingraber1.bsky.social and @doctorvive.bsky.social for comments.
🔥 Great story by @lizagross.bsky.social about a new peer-reviewed journal on climate economics that was launched by a 16-year-old, and what are YOU doing about the climate crisis, fellow grown-ups with actual resources?
#StopGivingUp
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#StopGivingUp
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California Teen Starts an Online Journal on the Power of Economics to Confront Climate Change - Inside Climate News
Frustrated with the lack of climate action, a high-school student launched Karbon Economics to explore systems that can shape solutions to the climate crisis.
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September 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
So inspiring to see young students working together to confront the climate crisis. "We’re going to be inheriting this problem, and we might actually have a chance of slowing it down," the teen founder said.
Many thanks to @ssteingraber1.bsky.social and @doctorvive.bsky.social for comments.
Many thanks to @ssteingraber1.bsky.social and @doctorvive.bsky.social for comments.
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Yikes. Important comments.
"At least 12 million Americans, which Hotez believes includes “a substantial percentage” of children, suffer from at least one neglected tropical disease. Hotez calls the chronic, debilitating conditions “the most important diseases you’ve never heard of.”
"At least 12 million Americans, which Hotez believes includes “a substantial percentage” of children, suffer from at least one neglected tropical disease. Hotez calls the chronic, debilitating conditions “the most important diseases you’ve never heard of.”
My comments with @lizagross.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org
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RFK Jr. Is Making America Safe for Debilitating ‘Neglected’ Tropical Diseases - Inside Climate News
Trump administration cuts to programs that study, track and prevent infectious diseases many Americans have never heard of could spell disaster, experts say.
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September 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Yikes. Important comments.
"At least 12 million Americans, which Hotez believes includes “a substantial percentage” of children, suffer from at least one neglected tropical disease. Hotez calls the chronic, debilitating conditions “the most important diseases you’ve never heard of.”
"At least 12 million Americans, which Hotez believes includes “a substantial percentage” of children, suffer from at least one neglected tropical disease. Hotez calls the chronic, debilitating conditions “the most important diseases you’ve never heard of.”