Written for public health practitioners and suitable for a general audience, this fact sheet summarizes the scientific literature on the mental health effects of natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and wildfiires.
Written for public health practitioners and suitable for a general audience, this fact sheet summarizes the scientific literature on the health effects of wildfire smoke and includes an extensive bibliography.
The new University of Washington (UW) Northwest Center for Evidence-Based Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response launched this week with $978,000 from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support its first year.
In 2021, Ashleigh Theberge, a chemistry professor at the University of Washington (UW), applied for a pilot grant from the Interdisciplinary Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics & Environment (EDGE) to test a field application of a new remote blood sampling system. Theberge and her team were interested in how people respond to wildfire smoke exposure. Specifically, they wanted to measure levels of ribonucleic acid (RNA) in white blood cells before, during, and after wildfire smoke events.
The Fifth Season project will be featured on KUOW's Soundside program the week of July 18.
See all of the portraits and hear the audio stories here.
In Washington’s Methow Valley, summer also goes by another name.
Some locals call it the “fifth season,” when smoke from wildfires blankets North Central Washington for weeks or even months at a time.
As students in King County public schools log into their online classes this winter, researchers from the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) are stepping into their temporarily empty classrooms to study air quality.
As smoke from wildfires on the West Coast makes its way across the US, it’s becoming clear that our future will involve coexistence with fire.
As wildfire smoke fills the sky up and down the west coast, experts advise people to stay inside to avoid the
When Jake asked me to go on a sunset hike, I knew what was coming. We were in our favorite place: the Methow Valley of Eastern Washington. When we crested the top of the mountain, a few sunrays peeked through the clouds, lighting up the fertile valley below.
Still, when he got down on one knee, I was surprised, and overcome with happiness. Life seemed full of promise.
