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Climate change has forced millions to flee their homes, especially in Asia

  • As the number of climate disasters increase, more people are also being forced to flee their homes, especially in Asia.
  • A record 32.6 million internal displacements were associated with disasters in 2022 — more than the 28.3 million displaced by conflict and violence that same year.
  • Four of the top five countries with the highest number of new internal displacements due to disasters in 2022 were in Asia.
  • As the number of climate disasters increase, more people are being forced to flee their homes, especially in Asia.

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Record number of breaches in health data reported in 2023

 

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As many as 116 million individuals have been impacted by large health data breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services this year, according to records from its Office for Civil Rights as of December 21. That number has more than doubled over recent counts, driven primarily by a surge in hacking and ransomware attacks on health care organizations regulated by the privacy rule HIPAA.

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