KFF Health News

JANUARY 21, 2025

. “I could see people standing on the roof, watering it, trying to protect it from the fire, and they just looked so hopeless,” said Ramirez, a community outreach worker with the Pasadena Public Health Department. The widower had leaned on her husband in past emergencies, and now she felt lost. But I didn’t know.”

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Tulane Public Health Blog

APRIL 14, 2024

Whether they work nationally or internationally, aid workers are tasked with assisting people in communities affected by natural disasters, war, poverty, and other emergencies. Other aid workers may be trained in providing emergency response care and working to safely transport individuals to medical facilities at other locations.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 13, 2025

The tool kit was produced in 2022 through a collaboration between Americares , a nonprofit that provides health-focused aid in response to disasters, and the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Climate change does not affect all of us equally.

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NC Health News

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Division of Public Healths environmental health specialists wouldnt approve use of this water for the Verner Centers two facilities. More than 100 child care licensing consultants, as well as 10 regional child care environmental health specialists assisted with helping centers reopen after Helene. But the N.C.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 17, 2025

Following a disaster on the scale of the Los Angeles fires , journalists work to answer immediate questions about what happened and what people need to know to be safe. Media coverage of disasters follows predictable patterns , many of which are known to misconstrue the larger picture. They sound kind of similar, but they are distinct.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

JANUARY 9, 2025

The wildfire crisis in California is not just an environmental disaster but a significant public health emergency with immediate and long-term consequences. While immediate health impacts are important, don’t neglect the potential long-term consequences of repeated and prolonged smoke exposure. As of Jan.

Climate Change and Health 125

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UNC Epidemiology Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Student Ashley Hester is an emergency response expert. What’s your role in public health? I currently have two roles in public health: I am a student at the Gillings School getting my Master of Public Health (MPH) in Leadership in Practice. How have you pivoted during your public health career?

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