Wildfires | Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences

Trusted sources play a critical role in rural and tribal smoke risk communication

News | July 06, 2023

Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse. Scientists call it the ‘new abnormal’

News | July 05, 2023

Rural communities find unique solutions to protect against wildfire smoke exposure

News | June 12, 2023

Wildfire smoke increases the risk of contracting Covid-19

News | June 09, 2023

Hazardous air quality from wildfire smoke takes a toll on outdoor workers

News | June 09, 2023

Wildfires – and their toxic smoke – are affecting us more often. What can we do about it?

News | June 08, 2023

East Coast lags West in protecting workers toiling in smoke

News | June 08, 2023

Ready for wildfire season? Here's how bad this year's season could be across the west

News | May 15, 2023

What the Air Quality Index doesn't tell us about smoke dangers

News | November 14, 2022

Here's what experts say are the impacts of exposure to unhealthy air quality

News | October 20, 2022

Brace for high fire danger, smoke, unhealthy air in Seattle area this weekend as October heat drags on

News | October 18, 2022

In California, unhealthy pollution from wildfire smoke has become dangerously common

News | October 17, 2022

Relief from smoky conditions expected soon, UW doctor talks preventative measures

News | October 13, 2022

Black saliva, sore throat, shortness of breath: How dangerous is wildfire season for US farmworkers?

News | October 10, 2022

Wildfire Smoke Is Erasing Progress on Clean Air

News | September 22, 2022

Where there’s smoke: How wildfire smoke is affecting life outdoors

News | September 12, 2022

For the Methow Valley, wildfire smoke has created a 'fifth' season

News | July 21, 2022

Researchers find common ground in forest and fire management

News | June 07, 2022

As rules are crafted, farmworkers report limited access to breaks, shade on hot days

News | October 22, 2021

Hospitals confront climate change as patients sick from floods and fires crowd ERs

News | October 05, 2021

Wildfire smoke claims more than 33,000 lives each year, new study finds

News | September 10, 2021

Wildfire smoke exposure linked to preterm births, study says

News | September 07, 2021

Washington State adds emergency rules to protect workers from heat and wildfire smoke

News | August 16, 2021

Heat, smoke and COVID: A public health ‘perfect storm’

News | August 16, 2021

Washington urged to prepare for wildfire smoke: Here's how

News | July 14, 2021

Smoke season is coming to Washington. Here’s how to prepare

News | July 12, 2021

The heat wave in the West 'virtually impossible' without climate change

News | July 08, 2021

‘We thought it wouldn’t affect us’: heatwave forces climate reckoning in Pacific Northwest

News | July 06, 2021

Wildfire smoke: A burning health issue is getting worse

News | June 22, 2021

Climate change is already a disaster to health, doctors say

News | December 02, 2020

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