article_snippet.sent: President Obama joined U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy for a roundtable discussion on the topic as part of National Public Health Week.
article_snippet.sent: I think we've always known -- or at least in the 20th century we've understood -- that environment has an impact on public health," President Obama told CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
article_snippet.sent: There are a whole host of public health impacts that are going to hit home, so we've got to do better in protecting vulnerable Americans," President Obama continued.
article_snippet.sent: The good news is that, in addition to having doctors and nurses, public health officials, schools of medicine joining together to raise awareness -- and to in some cases impact public health officials, schools of medicine joining together to raise awareness --
article_snippet.sent: practice -- public health officials, schools of medicine joining together to raise awareness -- anticipate, for example, increased asthma instances, and plan ahead of time to deal with those," Obama told Gupta.
article_snippet.sent: "Communities can start planning for prevention and mitigation efforts more effectively, and hopefully the other thing that happens is that families and parents join with these doctors and nurses to start putting some pressure on elected officials to try to make something happen to reduce the impacts of climate change," said Obama.
highlights_snippet.sent: President Obama attends Howard University roundtable on climate change and public health .
  