People recovering from opioid addiction risk relapse when they can't get their medications after natural disasters. A group ...

Students affected by the 2023 Hawaiʻi wildfires are still struggling with lingering trauma, mental health experts say. Two years after wildfires that devastated Lāhainā, a small town on Maui's ...

Does climate change create or worsen disasters? Science answers “not really.” The evidence provides a slightly different conclusion from many of the headlines screaming disaster doom and gloom from ...

A single spark can be all it takes.

Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and destructive with rising global temperatures, and a multinational study has shown just how deeply they can affect the economy — not only in the ...

From tornadoes and hurricanes to wildfires and floods, weather and climate disasters cause billions of dollars in damage, on top of their steep human toll. Those costs could rise sharply in the years ...

The disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima are commonly touted as mere cultural exceptions, either due to Soviet communism or ...

Natural disasters vary widely across the United States depending on geography and climate. Some regions regularly experience hurricanes or wildfires, while others face blizzards, floods, tornadoes, or ...

A flesh-eating parasite is a cause for concern. The New World screwworm, also known as Cochliomyia hominivorax, is a species of parasitic fly that can cause myiasis, a parasitic infestation, according ...