Health

Heat Is Killing Wildlife Across the Animal Kingdom. A New Forecasting Tool May Help.

The tool forecasts heat risks for wildlife in some regions months in advance. But questions remain about whether this information can prevent deaths at a large scale.

By Kiley Price

Heat Is a Growing Threat to the Hajj—Even in Spring

By Kiley Price

Sewage and Fuel Leaks Contaminate the Potomac River, Source of Drinking Water for More Than 5 Million People

By Aman Azhar

World Health Organization Must Prioritize Workers, Experts Say 

By Liza Gross

An Unusual Heat Wave Strains the World’s Most Populous Country

By Kiley Price

How Climate Change Makes Your Allergies Worse

By Keerti Gopal

Thousands of People Say Roundup Caused Their Cancer. The Supreme Court May Quash Their Lawsuits.

By Lee Hedgepeth

Illinois Weighs Early Warning System For Pesticide Spraying Near Parks, Schools

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

California Bill Aims to Keep Toxic PFAS off Its Crops

By Liza Gross

Maui Mental Health Providers Face Stress and Uncertainty About State Jobs

By Keerti Gopal

Toxic Ocean Crisis in Papua New Guinea Sparks Mass Marine Die-Off and Public Health Emergency

By Teresa Tomassoni

Avian Flu Has Killed Thousands of Birds in the U.S. Pennsylvania Is at the Epicenter.

By Kiley Bense

Iowa’s Cancer Crisis Linked to Pesticides, PFAS, Fertilizer and Radon, Report Says

By Anika Jane Beamer

Climate-Fueled Wildfires and Dust Storms Drove Up Air Pollution Around the World Last Year

By Kiley Bense, Keerti Gopal

A New Study Links a Record-Breaking Tropical Disease Outbreak in Peru to Climate-Driven Extreme Weather

By Liza Gross

A New Mexico Religious Pilgrimage Rode a Global Wave Hoping for Ripple Effects for the Environment

By Tina Deines

There’s Something in the Air in South Portland, Maine

By Ryan Krugman, Inside Climate News, and Sabrina Shankman, Boston Globe

On the Farm, the Hidden Climate Cost of the Broken U.S. Health Care System

By Jordan Gass-Pooré

Former EPA Staff Detail Expanding Pollution Risks Under Trump

By Liza Gross