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Smoke billows from the Dolan Fire near Big Sur. Photo courtesy of Big Sur Health Center)

California Wildfires

Pandemic, Wildfires Test California Safety Net Health Centers

The United States Forest Services call came in on a Thursday in August, shortly after the Dolan Fire began near Big Sur, California. “They asked us to provide medical services,” said Sharen Carey, a physician assistant and executive ...

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A flooded road in Baldwin County, Alabama. (Photo courtesy of Baldwin County Emergency Management Agency)

Hurricanes

Amid Hurricane Sally, People Are Moving – Just Not the Way They Usually Do

As Sally – now downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm – continues its slow crawl through the southern United States, people are moving. They’re just not moving quite the way they ...

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Hurricanes

Hurricane Sally Creeps Towards U.S. Gulf Coast, Intensifying into Category 2 Storm

Hurricane Sally–now a category 1 storm–continues to intensify as it creeps across the mid-Atlantic towards the coastlines of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The storm is ...

Requested medical supplies arrived at the Chino Valley Community Health Center in San Bernardino County, California, on Sept. 11, 2020. The El Dorado Fire is impacting air quality in the region, and supplies delivered to the health center included respiratory medicines, opthalmic supplies and other essentials often requested during fires. (Chris Alleway/Direct Relief)

Wildfires

In Response to Wildfires, Direct Relief Commits $1.5 Million

September 13, 2020

The view from Birgitte Randall's house in Forest Ranch, California, at 8:30 am on Tuesday morning. (Photo courtesy of Birgitte Randall)

Wildfires

Another Fire Confronts Butte County Residents. This Time, Covid-19 is Keeping Them Apart.

September 12, 2020

The El Dorado Fire in Southern California has burned 11,479 acres and is at 19% containment as of September 10, 2020. (Photo Courtesy of San Bernardino National Forest)

Wildfires

Wildfires and Covid-19: Overlapping Emergencies Demand Strategic Response

September 11, 2020

A young man skateboards in front of the boardwalk in Santa Cruz, California, on Aug. 20, 2020, as smoke from the CZU August Lightning Complex fires filled area skies. (Anna Maria Barry-Jester/KHN)

California Wildfires

Wildfires Provide Another Reason to Mask Up

September 11, 2020

A bevy of record-setting wildfires have filled western U.S. cities, including San Francisco, with smoke and ash. More than 2.2 million acres have burned in California this year, a record. (Photo courtesy of Josh Kirkland)

California Wildfires

Under Fire Skies

September 10, 2020

A firefighter works to quell the flames of the El Dorado Fire burning in California's San Bernardino mountains on Sept. 10, 2020. Fires are burning across a dozen U.S. states, creating health challenges for residents while the pandemic stretches on. (Photo courtesy of San Bernardino County Fire Department)

California Wildfires

Emergency Shipments Continue as California Fires Rage On

September 10, 2020

Wildfire-produced ash and smoke have led to apocalyptic images, like this, shot in an area between Stayton and Lyons, Ore. (Photo courtesy of Zach Zinda)

Wildfires

Record-Setting Wildfires Blaze Across Western U.S.

September 9, 2020

Direct Relief's California headquarters features a 155,000-square-foot pharmaceutical warehouse, the largest in the U.S. run by a charity, and includes validated cold-storage capacity, pictured here in 2019, for vaccines and other temperature sensitive medications. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Covid-19

Expanding Cold-Chain Capacity to Prepare for Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution

September 9, 2020

The Inti Raymi is one of the most important ancestral celebrations for the indigenous peoples of the Latin American Andes.

It is a holiday that marks the solstice and the beginning of the harvest season.

In 2020, due to the Covid-19 crisis, communities have had to modify their traditions.

During Covid-19 time, leaders organize Temazcal rituals more frequently as they claim this keeps them healthy and virus free. All Photos by ISADORA ROMERO.

Covid-19

Inti Raymi: An Ancient Ceremony Adapts to the Pandemic

September 8, 2020

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Extreme Weather

In California, Labor Day Weekend Brings Dangerous Heat Wave

September 4, 2020

A patient greets the camera. (Photo courtesy of myCovidMD)

Covid-19

They Come for the Covid-19 Testing. They May Just Leave with a Doctor.

September 4, 2020

Population movement in reaction to Hurricane Laura. Anonymized data allows researchers to see how thousands of people respond to a disaster or adhere to social distancing guidelines. (Andrew Schroeder/Direct Relief)

Covid-19

Watching Population Movement in the Covid-19 Era

September 3, 2020

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