Cal Fire added at least 2.8 million Californians into its Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The zones, referenced in over 100 sections of code and regulation, are tied to home hardening, defensible space ...

Cigarette smoking and cardiovascular risk increased even with 2 to 5 cigarettes daily, while smoking cessation delivered the ...

People would be more likely to act if they feel threatened by a hazard, rather than a disaster, concludes a new study from New Zealand Having surveyed 604 people in Wellington, New Zealand, the team ...

The United Nations system, coordinated by the United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction, has guidelines for nations and municipalities to manage natural hazard risk. Foremost among these, in many ...

Each of the various pathways to global catastrophe presents its own winding course of possibilities. Nuclear weapons, climate change, pandemics, advanced technologies, and space weather might appear ...

Biological hazards, or biohazards, contain living organisms that can pose dangers to human health. In the workplace, these can include blood, human waste, pathogens, and more. Biological hazards are ...

Eva Angelyna (Evalyna) Bogdan receives research funding from Canada's Tri-agency funding programs, York University and the Government of Alberta. Her work for P4A on the Inclusive Resilience project ...

Risks from artificial intelligence-backed products are the most significant technology hazards in the healthcare sector, according to a report published Thursday by research nonprofit ECRI. Though AI ...

State officials released the latest round of highly anticipated fire hazard maps Monday, covering Northern California coastal areas from the Bay Area up to the Oregon border, including Sonoma and Napa ...