Joan Casey | Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences

Rising health risks need new strategies

News | July 15, 2024

Inequitable exposure to wildfire smoke

News | July 15, 2024

How to prepare for power outages if your health depends on home medical devices

News | July 11, 2024

How future hurricanes could stress power grids of U.S. cities

News | July 08, 2024

New York power outage maps reveal severe weather threat

News | May 02, 2024

New York cities plagued by blackouts due to climate change, study finds

News | May 02, 2024

Power outages linked to heat and storms are rising, and low-income communities are most at risk, as a new NYC study shows

News | May 01, 2024

California’s wild weather caused major power outages. Charts show why

News | April 24, 2024

California wildfire smoke impacts Indigenous communities nearly 2x more than expected

News | March 13, 2024

Power outages affect physical and mental health, experts say

News | January 23, 2024

How power outages can affect physical and mental health

News | January 22, 2024

Increasing power outages don’t hit everyone equally

News | July 26, 2023

Cooling centers save lives in a heat wave — if you can get there

News | July 17, 2023

Noise could take years off your life. Here's how

News | June 09, 2023

East Coast lags West in protecting workers toiling in smoke

News | June 08, 2023

Study: Severe Weather–Related Power Outages Pose Increasing Threat to Patients Who Rely on Electronic Medical Equipment

News | June 07, 2023

Extreme weather and energy insecurity can compound health risks

News | May 31, 2023

Power outages hit some communities harder and more often, study says

News | May 15, 2023

Lengthy blackouts hit some areas harder than others

News | May 05, 2023

2021 heat wave contributed to over 150 deaths across Washington state, study finds

News | April 17, 2023

New count of WA’s past heat wave deaths gives a ‘warning to the PNW’

News | April 17, 2023

Washington state’s 2021 heat wave led to 159 deaths over three weeks: study

News | April 10, 2023

Why a pipeline project in Houston is raising concerns over environmental racism

News | February 21, 2023

When the Power Goes Out, Who Suffers? Climate Epidemiologists Are Now Trying to Figure That Out

News | December 30, 2022

Restricting antibiotics for livestock could limit spread of antibiotic-resistant infections in people

News release | February 21, 2023

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