Rising temperatures in St. John’s and throughout Newfoundland and Labrador are posing new health risks for pregnant women. The organization’s analysis on heat and pregnancy risks evaluated data from 247 countries and territories worldwide between 2020 and 2024. And yes, we hope to, as a next step, identify opportunities to mitigate it.”Dr. Itai Malkin Medical is an Officer of Health for Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services. Inuit communities have reported growing stress, anxiety, and declining mental health as climate change disrupts traditional practices central to their way of life. Dahl says climate change and its effects on pregnant people should be a concern to all: “We are all here on this planet because someone, at some point, was pregnant.”