Given what the world now knows about the coronavirus from the (ongoing) first wave, it’s essential that policymakers draw lessons from the (mis)handling of the first wave. Such lessons can help ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Jennifer Vines, lead health officer of the Portland metropolitan area, about lessons learned from the deadly 2021 Portland heat wave as a sweltering summer awaits. As ...

The Pacific Northwest is feeling its first heat wave of the year. It comes just over a year after the region endured its most extreme heat ever. Hundreds of people died. Since that wake-up call, the ...

Scientists from Australia have recently analyzed the public health measures adopted by the authorities during the three waves of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in New South Wales, ...

CLIMATEWIRE | The city of Portland was baking last June and Bureau of Emergency Management Director Jonna Papaefthimiou was in crisis mode. Sweltering in temperatures 40 degrees Fahrenheit higher than ...

As COVID-19 spread across the globe, governments looked to epidemiologists to slow its transmission. Without a vaccine, large-scale testing capacity and sufficient critical-care beds, epidemiologists ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. ORSAY, France — Ice. Urgently and in large quantities. At a Paris-region hospital, emergency medics needed it to ...