Pediatricians say climate conversations should be part of any doctor's visit

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Pediatricians say climate conversations should be part of any doctor's visit

The reality of climate change came home for Dr. Samantha Ahdoot one summer day in 2011 when her son was 9 years old. She and her family were living in Charlottesville, where Ahdoot is an assistant professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. There was a heat wave. Morning temperatures hovered in the high 80s, and her son had to walk up a steep hill to get to his day camp.  About an hour after he left for camp, she received a call …