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UW Professor Says Climate Change Could Spur Potential Health Crisis

MADISON, Wis. — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call climate change “a serious public health concern” and one of the experts who best understand why lives in Madison.

University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Jonathan Patz was part of the team sharing former Vice President Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize and he’s now calling for global change to avert a health crisis.

Patz recently spoke with WISC-TV anchor Susan Siman and offered answers about what the future might hold.