Western Washington’s luck avoiding wildfire smoke so far this summer is running out. A wildfire smoke alert was issued Monday for most of the Puget Sound region, with air quality likely to deteriorate Monday afternoon and reach unhealthy levels Tuesday. Air quality will remain poor throughout the week before finally clearing Friday. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

Epidemiologists said the country’s slow, sometimes haphazard approach to assessing heat mortality makes that a dramatic undercount.  Kristie Ebi, Professor of Global Health, is quoted.

As yet another heat dome settles over part of the U.S., a depressingly predictable news cycle is unfolding. This week, the headlines will warn of dangerously high temperatures; next week, they'll chronicle the human toll. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

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