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The Conversation: LA fires 1 year later
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Dr. Yifang Zhu, professor of environmental health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of public health, and a member of the LA Fire HEALTH Study Consortium, recently discussed her team’s Continue Reading
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Los Angeles Daily News: Standing homes air quality worsened over time in wildfire areas
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The Los Angeles Daily News quoted UCLA Fielding’s Dr. Michael Jerrett and Dr. Yifang Zhu, members of the LA Fire HEALTH Study Consortium, about their research into air quality after the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires. The researchers Continue Reading
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New Study Finds Heart Attacks, Lung Conditions Increased After LA Fires
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An unusually high number of people developed a heart attack, lung complication or general illness within 90 days after the start of the January 2025 fires in Los Angeles, a Continue Reading
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Chromium-6 Update: Levels decreased and are currently back to the low levels typically detected in LA
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Follow-up air quality testing in the Altadena and Pacific Palisades areas has found that chromium-6 (Cr6 or hexavalent chromium) levels have decreased and are currently back to the typical low levels… Continue Reading
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PNAS: In the wake of wildfires, toxic smoke is a lasting health concern
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A new article in PNAS highlights the importance of research by LA Fire HEALTH Study and similar studies investigating the long-term health impacts of wildfire smoke. PNAS spoke with Pawel Continue Reading
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Updates from the field: Cr6 monitoring in Palisades and Altadena
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Dr. Mike Kleeman from UC Davis was in LA last week, conducting follow-up measurements of air quality in the Eaton and Palisades Fire areas. Their goal was to determine if Continue Reading