Climate change brings health risks
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080409/ap_on_he_me/climate_health"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080409/capt.53412bb870ac49cc91192d15ee50b128.hungary_climate_change_mti101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=qo.FWYN1wshZz8KylriALg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="From left, Secretary General of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, Yvo de Boer, Chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize 2007 winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Rajendra Pachauri of India and Hungarian Minister of Environment and Water Management Gabor Fodor hold a press conference before the opening session of the 28th conference of IPCC in the Budapest Convention Centre in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, April 9, 2008. The conference is attended by over 300 specialists and researchers of IPCC engaged in the issue of global climate change. (AP Photo/MTI, Laszlo Beliczay)" border="0" /></a>AP - A top government health official said Wednesday that climate change is expected to have a significant impact on health in the next few decades, with certain regions of the country ? and the elderly and children ? most vulnerable to increased health problems.</p><br clear="all"/>

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