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Clarivate announces Highly Cited Researchers 2024
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2024 Report of the Lancet Countdown reveals record-breaking health threats of climate inaction
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New center helps ready Northwest communities for disasters and public health emergencies
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In the news

Noise could take years off your life. Here's how
June 9, 2023 | New York Times | Featured: Edmund Y. W. Seto, Joan Casey View

East Coast lags West in protecting workers toiling in smoke
June 8, 2023 | Bloomberg Law | Featured: Joan Casey View

Hazardous air quality from wildfire smoke takes a toll on outdoor workers
June 8, 2023 | Washington Post | Featured: Joel D. Kaufman View

Wildfires – and their toxic smoke – are affecting us more often. What can we do about it?
June 8, 2023 | CNN | Featured: Lianne Sheppard View

Wildfire smoke increases the risk of contracting Covid-19
June 8, 2023 | Bloomberg News | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

Climate hazards are the Duwamish Valley's top concern, survey finds
June 2, 2023 | Crosscut | Featured: Nicole Errett View

Study: Severe Weather–Related Power Outages Pose Increasing Threat to Patients Who Rely on Electronic Medical Equipment
May 31, 2023 | JAMA | Featured: Joan Casey View

Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says
May 31, 2023 | Associated Press | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

Extreme weather and energy insecurity can compound health risks
May 25, 2023 | Popular Science | Featured: Joan Casey View

Heat wave and blackout would send half of Phoenix to ER, study says
May 23, 2023 | New York Times | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

Power outages hit some communities harder and more often, study says
May 14, 2023 | Washington Post | Featured: Joan Casey View

Ready for wildfire season? Here's how bad this year's season could be across the west
May 14, 2023 | KOMO News | Featured: DEOHS Postdoctoral Fellow Savannah D'Evelyn View

Dangerous cookware still for sale despite warnings from King County health experts
May 9, 2023 | KING 5 | Featured: Katie Fellows View

Lengthy blackouts hit some areas harder than others
May 5, 2023 | Futurity | Featured: Joan Casey View

Spain’s April heat nearly impossible without climate change
May 5, 2023 | Associated Press | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View