Kristie Ebi Heat
August 13, 2023 | Health News

Mishmash of how US heat deaths are counted complicates efforts to keep people safe as Earth warms

AP News

Even when it seems obvious that extreme heat was a factor, death certificates don’t always reflect the role it played. Experts say a mishmash of ways more than 3,000 counties calculate heat deaths means we don’t really know how many people die in the U.S. each year because of high temperatures in an ever warming world.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

Kristie Ebi
August 05, 2023 | Health News

Improving weather forecasts by one degree could slash heat wave deaths

Washington Post

When temperatures are extreme, the accuracy of a weather forecast can be the difference between life and death. New research shows that even small errors in temperature predictions — as little as one degree Celsius — lead to more deaths, and that improving forecasts would save thousands of lives and billions of dollars annually.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

Kristie Ebi Heat
August 04, 2023 | Health News

When temps rise, so do medical risks — should doctors bring it up more?

NPR

An 80-plus-degree day is not sizzling by Phoenix standards. It wasn’t even high enough to trigger an official heat warning for the wider public. But research has shown that those temperatures, coming so early in June, would drive up the number of heat-related hospital visits and deaths across the Boston region.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

Kristie Ebi
July 31, 2023 | Health News

Huge wildfire explodes in southern California and spreads into Nevada

The Guardian

A huge wildfire burning out of control in California’s Mojave national preserve is spreading rapidly amid erratic winds. The York fire erupted on Friday near the remote Caruthers Canyon area of the wildland preserve. It crossed the state line into Nevada on Sunday, and sent smoke further east into the Las Vegas Valley.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

Kristie Ebi Heat
July 30, 2023 | Health News

Record heat waves illuminate plight of poorest Americans who suffer without air conditioning

AP News

As climate change fans hotter and longer heat waves, breaking record temperatures across the U.S. and leaving dozens dead, the poorest Americans suffer the hottest days with the fewest defenses. Air conditioning, once a luxury, is now a matter of survival.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

Kristie Ebi Heat
July 30, 2023 | Health News

July keeps sizzling as Phoenix hits another 110-degree day and wildfires spread in California

AP News

Phoenix sizzled through its 31st consecutive day of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) and other parts of the country grappled Sunday with record temperatures after a week that saw significant portions of the U.S. population subject to extreme heat.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

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