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Fred Singer and Dennis Avery summarized various studies of mortality rates related to extreme cold and extreme temperatures. They report, for example, that extreme cold killed roughly twice as many Americans as heat waves. All this evidence makes clear the fact that warmer is healthier than colder.

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This article discusses the spread of disease causing mosquitos. It shows that the increasing globalization of disease is a result of modern transportation.

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This article reviews the factors involved in the spread of the West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease. Unlike the claims of some climate activists, the article shows that climate change has nothing to do with the spread of these diseases.

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A coalition of 41 civil society organizations from around the world review the effects of global warming on factors such as human health, death rates, agriculture and forestry, particularly in under-developed countries.

Average annual deaths from weather-related events in the period 1990-2006 were down by 87% on the 1900-89 average. The mortality rate from catastrophes dropped by 93%.