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The LA County Wildfires & the Trauma of Sudden Displacement

Black Health Matters

Climate crises are ravaging the nation, causing and amplifying severe health challenges. Many others who are not in the public eye have also been displaced, including the residents of Altadena, a community that Black people have lived and loved since the Great Migration. These crises can affect the quality of ones mental health.

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Health impact of California wildfires to be felt for years to come 

Association of Health Care Journalists

The wildfire crisis in California is not just an environmental disaster but a significant public health emergency with immediate and long-term consequences. The most immediate concern for health journalists covering this crisis is the impact of wildfire smoke on human health. As of Jan. micrometers or smaller (PM2.5)

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Three years on, still assessing the health, legal aspects of Winston-Salem fertilizer plant fire

NC Health News

Nearly 6,500 people were told to flee their homes in the middle of the night for their health and safety. The company also violated Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards related to its storage of ammonium nitrate. Did the fire affect health? Businesses in the area were forced to close for several days.

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How factors like your location, job or ethnicity can damage your health

UK Health Security

The skyline of Middlesbrough town centre, with industrial cooling towers in the background Health inequalities are avoidable differences in health across our populations. You can suffer health inequalities because of where you were born or live, your ethnicity, or even because of your job.