Operating rooms are the main sources of greenhouse gases. Penn is eliminating a form of anesthesia that hangs in the air for more than a decade after use.

Penn Medicine is phasing out its use of desflurane, an anesthesia gas that hangs in the atmosphere for years.

Health systems in the Philadelphia area are phasing out a common anesthetic gas that has hung in the atmosphere for 14 years. Desflurane is the most potent greenhouse gas found …

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Oregon’s Medicaid patients have air conditioners and mini-fridges as climate change raises health concerns

Oregon's Medicaid patients have air conditioners and mini-fridges as climate change raises health concerns

Oregon is sending air conditioners, air purifiers and power banks to some of its most vulnerable residents, a first-in-the-nation experiment to use Medicaid money to prevent the potentially deadly. health …

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