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While the impacts of wildfire smoke are widespread, not all communities share in them equally. This blog explores the hidden economic impacts of wildfire smoke, with new @sffed data on how it hits low-income communities hardest. #EarthMonth fedcommunities.org/unveiling…
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AJPH@AMJPublicHealth9 Jun 2023
The 5-year annual average of heavy-density wildfire smoke person-days increased by 350%, from 307 million person-days during 2011 to 2015 to 1.381 billion person-days during 2017 to 2021. buff.ly/3WZCK7t @_vargo @conlon_kathryn
Figure 1 shows potential wildfire smoke exposure in the United States by smoke density and year in panel a and month in panel b from 2011 to 2021. Person-days of exposure to light, medium, and heavy wildfire smoke in the United States increased significantly from 2011 to 2021, but the most pronounced change was seen for heavy smoke.

ALT Figure 1 shows potential wildfire smoke exposure in the United States by smoke density and year in panel a and month in panel b from 2011 to 2021. Person-days of exposure to light, medium, and heavy wildfire smoke in the United States increased significantly from 2011 to 2021, but the most pronounced change was seen for heavy smoke.

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AJPH@AMJPublicHealth8 Jun 2023
This newly-released study on wildfire smoke is particularly relevant today. It finds that from 2011–2021 there were increases in the number of days of heavy smoke in communities with racial or ethnic minority status, lower educational attainment, and crowded housing conditions
Kathryn Conlon@conlon_kathryn8 Jun 2023
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Wildfire smoke is a #publichealth problem. We need to urgently address the #ClimateEmergency and ensure equitable adaptation. Read the full paper here: ajph.aphapublications.org/do…

Social Vulnerability in US Communities Affected by Wildfire Smoke, 2011 to 2021 | AJPH | Vol. 113...

Objectives. To describe demographic and social characteristics of US communities exposed to wildfire smoke. Methods. Using satellite-collected data on wildfire smoke with the locations of population...

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#WildFires, which are increasing in frequency and severity, are associated with increased clinic visits for #eczema and #itch in adults >65 years old. #OAResearch #OAWeek @r_fadadu ja.ma/3sIxhnk
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Join @CMAdocs Fri 10/21 @2-4p for ‘Understanding the Climate Health Crisis & How Ca physicians Can Make an Impact’ feat. Greenlining's @realdebigore @DrRohanRad @_vargo @caclimatehealth @LisaPatelMD @_mazzetti_ @LuzRivas @CMAdocs @CFeenz Register HERE: cmadocs.org/climate
Join @CMAdocs Fri 10/21 @2-4p for ‘Understanding the Climate Health Crisis & How Ca physicians Can Make an Impact’ feat. Greenlining's Debra Gore-Mann

ALT Join @CMAdocs Fri 10/21 @2-4p for ‘Understanding the Climate Health Crisis & How Ca physicians Can Make an Impact’ feat. Greenlining's Debra Gore-Mann

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Get the top takeaways from SF Fed researcher @_vargo's recent report on #residentialinstability in the SF #BayArea during the first year of #COVID19: sffed.us/3C6kEqb | #communitydevelopment
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Building partnerships across the public, private, and philanthropic sectors that support thriving economies was a key theme at our 2022 #NICRC. Learn more from our speakers about what investments in community infrastructure could look like: sffed.us/3DDBiAb
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PSA: Box fans with filters attached really help reduce indoor air pollution during smoke events. The air quality in our home was worsening--you can see from our sensors exactly when we started running fans.
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Join us Fri 10/21@2-4p HYBRID event- ‘Understanding the Climate Health Crisis & How Ca physicians Can Make an Impact’ Register: cmadocs.org/climate @DrRohanRad @greenlining @_vargo @caclimatehealth @LisaPatelMD @_mazzetti_ @LuzRivas @CMAdocs @_CFEE_ @ashennessy @jabraham
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Climate change won't impact everyone in the world equally. Unfortunately, in the US, Indigenous communities are disproportionately affected by wildfires. Read more in this article 🔽 bit.ly/3e4OkM4 #ClimateCrisis

Wildfire smoke is choking Indigenous communities

With government monitoring lagging behind, members are installing their own monitors.

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🧵A deep shortage of adequate #housing options in the SF #BayArea has worsened the impacts of the economic fallout from the #COVID19 pandemic. Researchers from @StanfordSoc & the @sffed #CommunityDevelopment team examined residential instability in the region during the pandemic:
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apnews.com/article/climate-b… #climatechange #fossilfuel

New corporate climate change disclosures proposed by SEC

Companies would be required to disclose the greenhouse gas emissions they produce and how climate risk affects their business, under new rules proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Our work to estimate future heat-related mortality in the eastern US was cited in today's new @IPCC_CH climate report on escalating & deadly hazards around the world Here's blog w/our main findings & study is here: link.springer.com/article/10… @jonathanpatz @tracey_holloway @_vargo
Vijay Limaye, PhD@vlimaye30 Aug 2018
Our new research study quantifying the major public health consequences of climate change-driven warmer summers across the eastern US, out today. #ClimateChangesHealth on.nrdc.org/2MHsWOm via @nrdc @nrdc_climate @NelsonInstitute @SAGE_UWMadison @UWPopHealthSci
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I have moved over to HHS-OASH to set up the new Office of Climate Change and Health Equity. Know anyone currently working in the fed gov who might want to join the team on detail? Looking for 2-5 talented public health, policy and program analysts! openopps.usajobs.gov/tasks/2…
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I don't know who needs to hear this but climate action means infill, it means modal shift & the infrastructure to support it. Without these, EVs won't carry us.
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@dpatil29 Jun 2021
This was the work that Michael Lewis talks about in his most recent book. Couldn't have done it without @MikeWilkening_ @_vargo @karadefrias @Ann_OLeary @MarkoMijic Amy Tong, and so many others. True definition of data science being a team sport
dj patil
@dpatil29 Jun 2021
1 year ago. California opens COVID data & CalCAT to help understand how to get a faster handle on outbreaks. Epic work by a combo of civil servants, citizen scientists, technologists and academia youtu.be/Hay_NiLw6xg?t=762

Governor Newsom's COVID-19 Update - June 25, 2020

Governor Gavin Newsom provides an update on the state's response to...

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“Pandemics depress the economy; public health interventions do not.” Editorial: How California's COVID restrictions saved its economy sfchronicle.com/opinion/edit…
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A good morning to bike to wherever.
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In a paper released ahead of print today, Marissa Reitsma of @StanfordHP + coauthors analyze #COVID19 disparities in terms of structural risk exposures, testing, test positivity, & COVID-19 cases in CA, the state w/ the most COVID-19 deaths in the country. bit.ly/33yoOX7
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#SOSColombiaDDHH
Santiago Herrera Álvarez@santiagoherrer_6 May 2021
Dear Academics, if you have students or colleagues from Colombia, reach out to them, let them know you care, and don't expect much work to be accomplished within the next days. The anguish, impotence, and sadness is overwhelming right now. #SOSColombia #SOSColombiaNosEstanMatando
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