Public Health

The carcinogenic effects of asbestos have been known for decades. We should have banned it long ago

New CDC guidance encourages clinicians to start conversations with patients about dangerous heat

Experts explain how certain worms can infect the brain and why they are an important global public health problem

Understanding how avian influenza jumped into cows can help shape the path to stopping the virus’s spread

Homes that survive wildfire flames but that are still affected by smoke, soot and ash is a growing issue for homeowners and insurers, as is the question of how to best remediate the problem

Four years after a mysterious respiratory virus jumped from animals into humans and launched the COVID pandemic, wary epidemiologists are keeping a close eye on a strain of avian influenza that is spreading among U.S. dairy cows

An environmental engineer provides a glimpse of the magnitude of the challenge to remove PFAS from water supplies and ways you can reduce these “forever chemicals” in your own drinking water

People in the U.S. will be able to see where extreme heat is a threat to health with a new interactive tool created by the National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Cows and at least one person in the U.S. have been sickened by avian influenza. We asked experts about the risk to humans.

Scientists say extreme temperatures that reached 119 degrees Fahrenheit and killed at least 100 people in parts of West Africa would only occur every 200 years in the absence of climate change

At least 2.1 million cases of dengue fever have been reported in North and South America, and this year 1,800 people have died from the mosquito-borne disease

Deadly bites could surge as venomous snakes migrate into unprepared countries as the climate changes