Countries where massive natural hazard events occur frequently are not more likely than others to make changes to reduce risks from future disasters. Countries where massive natural hazard events ...

A Hazard is anything that has the potential to cause harm, injuries, accidents or other undesirable effects. A Risk is the possibility that a personal injury, property loss or environmental harm will ...

Mounting evidence suggests that natural hazards are becoming more costly to businesses and individuals located in harm’s way. Last year, some 14 states suffered more than 30 tornadoes apiece, ...

Eliminating hazards around the home, such as clutter, stairs without railings and poor lighting, can reduce the risk of falls for older people by around a quarter, according to a new Cochrane review.

That's every pathogenic disease discovered since the Roman Empire. Scientists have made a distressing discovery on how global warming will affect known infectious diseases. Climate hazards are ...

In September 2023, FDA released two new chapters to its Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) Draft Guidance (Draft Guidance). New draft Chapter 11 is focused on ...

For years, state officials have promised and failed to update maps that show the parts of California most at risk for wildfire. In the more than a dozen years since current maps were released, climate ...