Disabled individuals are disproportionately affected by natural disasters due to systemic planning failures and lack of accessible emergency alerts and shelters. There is a significant overlap ...

Dr Purseigle is currently writing in the field of ‘critical disaster studies’, whose central conceit is that there is no such thing as a ‘natural disaster’. Natural occurrences such as the recent ...

Economic losses from hurricanes and other natural disasters soared in the U.S. last year and were above average globally, reflecting another year of costly severe storms, floods and droughts.

Expert tips to navigate conversations about natural ... disasters while keeping their emotional well-being—and your own—in mind. Children don't need all the details, but they do need honesty. Dr.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Whether you’re personally involved in tragic events, such as the California wildfires, or you see it on the news, your mental health can be affected from the trauma.

Over the last several decades, various types of natural disasters have wreaked havoc around the U.S., but which cataclysms have cost the most? The National Centers for Environmental Information ...

Natural disaster brings a whole other level of challenge to coping with chronic illness. Research consistently reports that “[a]n often unrecognized impact after natural disaster is the ...