Stories by Ariel Wittenberg

OSHA webpages removed for containing the word “diversity” had no relation to gender or racial diversity

A climate office at the Department of Health and Human Services has been shuttered, and its staff was placed on administrative leave

Drivers for ride-hailing apps helped evacuate people during the recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area. But by classifying such workers as contractors, California’s Proposition 22 excludes them from state rules that require companies to protect employees from workplace exposure to smoke

Wildfires are storming into urban areas more frequently, and toxins in homes and cars are increasing cancer risk for firefighters

A new study found that flood deaths can rise by 25 percent three months after a disaster

A Biden administration proposal that would require employers to provide cooling measures under extreme heat conditions may be scuttled by the incoming Trump administration

Damage from Hurricane Helene forced the only abortion clinic in western North Carolina to shutter, disrupting health care for pregnant people across a large region

Hurricane Helene devastated a North Carolina facility that produces peritoneal dialysis fluid, which is used by about 80,000 people nationally

Hurricane Helene forced dozens of medical facilities across the southern U.S. to evacuate patients, underscoring the human costs of climate change

By vastly understating the number of heat-related deaths, medical officials make it harder to improve heat safety and save lives

Houston’s warm, wet spring, driven in part by climate change, was a boon for mosquitoes and West Nile virus

Internal records show the U.S. Postal Service has tried to get workers out of air-conditioned offices. The allegations come one year after the agency was accused of falsifying heat-training records

Climate change-driven heat endangers Olympians. Here’s how the Games are helping competitors cool down

A 1972 law that allows states to avoid OSHA regulations for public-sector employees is undermining the nation’s first proposed worker safeguards for heat

Days after Hurricane Beryl hit Houston and left millions without power, the city was hit with a dangerous heat wave

It took 50 years and skyrocketing temperatures before the government proposed heat protections for workers. The Biden administration is trying to speed up the process

With a heat dome baking the eastern U.S., emergency departments in New England and the Midwest have seen a spike in heat-related cases

Skyrocketing temperatures are colliding with a lack of planning in Phoenix that is contributing to a rise in heat-related deaths

New CDC guidance encourages clinicians to start conversations with patients about dangerous heat

People in the U.S. will be able to see where extreme heat is a threat to health with a new interactive tool created by the National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Books are becoming a key part of disaster recovery, helping toddlers—and their parents—cope with increasing hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires

Leaders of the Department of Health and Human Services will meet throughout the spring and summer to help protect farm laborers from heat and wildfire smoke

Emergency room visits and deaths can be heightened for weeks after a major extreme weather event, according to a new study

The Inflation Reduction Act allows nonprofit hospitals to take advantage of renewable tax credits that were otherwise out of reach