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'This is likely to be a deadly threat': What can we do to survive the next heat wave?

August 31, 2021 | KNKX | Featured: Jeremy J Hess | View

June heatwave, COVID overwhelm regional hospitals

August 31, 2021 | Seattle Weekly | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi | View

UW-led panel reflects on historic heat wave, implications for public health

August 31, 2021 | UW Daily | Featured: Jeremy J Hess | View

Delta variant looms over Seattle’s live music comeback

August 28, 2021 | Seattle Times | Featured: Marilyn C. Roberts | View

Wildfire smoke exposure linked to preterm births, study says

August 27, 2021 | Seattle Times | Featured: Joel D. Kaufman | View

EPA Awards Over $7 Million for Research to Help Communities Reduce their Exposure to Wildland Fire Smoke

August 23, 2021 | EPA | Featured: Elena Austin | View

Deer in 4 states have been exposed to the coronavirus, USDA study shows. What does that mean for humans?

August 18, 2021 | USA Today | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz | View

Is It Time to Rethink Food Coloring?

August 18, 2021 | Discover | Featured: Sheela Sathyanarayana

DEOHS Alumna Rachel Shaffer

Workers Are Dying Of Heat Outdoors Without Standards To Protect Them

August 17, 2021 | NPR | Featured: June T. Spector | View

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

August 13, 2021 | National Resources Defense Council | Featured: June T. Spector | View