Wildfires

Firefighters who responded to the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, had higher levels of some endocrine-disrupting chemicals in blood and serum samples than other types of responders, researchers wrote in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

It is going to be impossible for me to describe accurately the horror that unfolded on those first few days of Hurricane Helene. I can describe what we went through, but the recovery process continues even today, 3 months later.

Extreme weather and climate disasters pose particular dangers for patients with chronic kidney disease who are dependent on dialysis.

The CDC on Thursday published its famed Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for the first time since the Trump administration ordered the nation’s various health agencies to freeze public communications.

The allergy and immunology community mourns the loss of Marcus Maurer, MD, executive director of the Institute of Allergology at Charité University Medicine in Berlin, who is remembered for his excellent teaching and scientific achievements.

As wildfires continue to spread across the Los Angeles area, residents with asthma and other respiratory diseases face increased risks to their health.

The Association of Cancer Care Centers launched a fundraising initiative to support the Firefighter Cancer Support Network.

Ravi Salgia, MD, PhD, and his family were watching coverage of the Los Angeles County fires on their television around 6 p.m. Jan. 7 when his wife looked in the backyard and saw a “huge red glow.”

Despite living far away from Canada, Maryland residents experienced more cardiopulmonary disease health concerns in June 2023 believed to be due to Canadian wildfire pollution, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

DENVER — Poor air quality during the Canadian wildfires in 2023 did not affect embryology outcomes for patients at a fertility clinic in New Jersey who underwent oocyte retrieval or frozen embryo transfer, researchers reported.