A significant body of research demonstrates that exposure to wildfire smoke has negative effects on the brain.

“We are getting more extreme heat events ... as popular if long breaks are required because of the midday heat or wildfire smoke?” he said. Dr. Winning said major sports events should also ...

Exposure to extreme heat, and other hazards caused by climate change, are not unique to Colorado’s prisons and jails. A study that looked at deaths of incarcerated people between 2001 and 2019 in ...

The experiments, conducted between 2022 and 2024, involved subjecting rats and mice to “extreme heat exposures,” simulated wildfire smoke, and conditions such as solitary confinement to gain ...

Wildfire smoke has been linked to various adverse pregnancy outcomes. The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reviewed studies linking air pollution and extreme heat to preterm ...

Severe Weather Awareness Week continues Friday with a focus on temperature extremes and wildfires, both of which pose risks ...

But Griselda Ellez, who picks leeks in California’s Ventura County, said she had no option but to continue working, even as ...

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson and Senator Jeff Merkley co-introduced the Smoke and Heat Ready Communities Act — legislation to protect communities across the country from the hazardous ...

Exposure to extreme heat, and other hazards caused by climate ... Another participant described the smoke of a nearby wildfire. "The smoke actually woke me up, and it was choking.

As wildfires have ripped through Los Angeles in recent weeks, thousands of people have been displaced and more than two dozen are reported dead. The consequences have been devastating, and ...

Exposure to extreme heat, and other hazards caused by climate ... Another participant described the smoke of a nearby wildfire. “The smoke actually woke me up, and it was choking.