Environmental & Occupational Health

21+ hour, 56+ min ago   (95+ words) Weather Underground Ha Thaba-Bosiu, Mohale's Hoek, Lesotho Air Quality & Pollenstar_ratehome Thank you for reporting this station. We will review the data in question. You are about to report this weather station for bad data. Please select the information that is incorrect....

51+ min ago   (164+ words) NZDoctor Website intended for a New Zealand health professional readership Perfect job worth waiting for says Tāmaki Health HIP Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa NZ Primary Healthcare Awards Action and grit power nurse’s rise to…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago   (20+ words) Climate change may have contribute­d to a quarter of ER visits for heat-related illness from 2018-25, study finds PressReader...

21+ hour, 54+ min ago   (131+ words) Extreme heat is increasingly recognised as a major risk to human health and economic stability. Over 2.4 billion workers are exposed to excessive heat, resulting in at least 22 million injuries and 18,000 deaths annually. Without significant action to address workforce heat risk,…...

21+ hour, 39+ min ago   (474+ words) LANSING - There are more than 40 air quality monitors across Michigan operated by the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, but only two in the Upper Peninsula. And that raises serious public health concerns due to an increasing number of…...

4+ hour, 18+ min ago   (455+ words) A demonstration by Children's of Alabama shows that the inside temperature of a vehicle is 120 degrees when it's less than 78 degrees outside. We all know that a moving vehicle can harm a child, but Children’s of Alabama is reminding parents…...

6+ hour, 25+ min ago   (334+ words) Infrared sauna blankets have moved from biohacking into at-home recovery routines, but recent safety recalls and limited blanket-specific research are reshaping how shoppers evaluate them. An infrared sauna blanket is a portable heat-therapy device delivering sauna-style sessions at home without…...

14+ hour, 46+ min ago   (749+ words) The human body is remarkably good at getting used to the environment around it. You’ve probably experienced this if you’ve ever gone to a matinee and emerged from the dark theater into sunshine. Your eyes sting, so you squint and…...

9+ hour, 23+ min ago   (700+ words) University of Alberta PhD student Tian Zhao spent three months in the Western Cape, South Africa. She worked with local NGOs and collected data to investigate how South African adults are affected by extreme heat. Specifically, how their mental health…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (314+ words) This latest incident highlights the impact of the Canary Islands‘ heatwave on people. On Fuerteventura, a female hiker set off to climb the island’s highest peak on the hottest day of the week, despite a heatwave warning. Upon reaching the…...