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Wildfire Smoke Exposure Linked With Higher Dementia Risk
August 1, 2024 | HealthDay | Featured: Joan Casey | View15 UW professors among new class of members to the Washington State Academy of Sciences
August 1, 2024 | UW News | Featured: Jeremy J Hess | ViewUsing low-cost air sensors in schools can inform decision-making
August 1, 2024 | Partnerships for Environmental Public Health Newsletter | Featured: Orly Stampfer (alum)
| ViewWildfire smoke may be worse for your brain than other air pollution, study says
July 29, 2024 | Washington Post | Featured: Joan Casey | ViewLong-term exposure to wildfire smoke linked to increased risk of dementia diagnosis, new study finds
July 29, 2024 | CNN | Featured: Joan Casey | ViewWildfire smoke increases dementia risk more than other forms of air pollution, landmark study finds
July 29, 2024 | LA Times | Featured: Joan Casey | ViewExploring wildfire smoke exposure and risk of dementia in an older patient population: Joan A. Casey, PhD & Holly Elser, MD, PhD, MPH
July 29, 2024 | NeurologyLive | Featured: Joan Casey | ViewQ&A: Nail salon air is filled with fragrance chemicals — could they harm workers’ health?
July 25, 2024 | UW News | Featured: Diana Ceballos | ViewUN asks nations to better prepare, cool the vulnerable as ‘extreme heat epidemic’ breaks records
July 25, 2024 | AP | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi | ViewResearching the Far-Reaching Effects of Wildfire Smoke – Ways to Protect Kids Against Air Pollutants
July 22, 2024 | Healthy Tides | Featured: Mary Crocker | View