The 9/11 Memorial & Museum will add a new moment of silence to its 25th commemoration ceremony of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in NYC, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania. More.

Due to climate change, wildfires are increasing in intensity and size, resulting in damaging economic, environmental, and community health impacts. May is Wildfire Awareness Month, and we’re shedding light on the damaging impact of wildfires, how to prevent them, and how to protect yourself this upcoming wildfire season. More.

Prosecutors this week made what might prove their final attempt to convince a military judge that the CIA’s brutal treatment of the accused 9/11 conspirators at overseas black sites did not permanently taint confessions they made to law enforcement agents after they left the agency’s custody. More.

Nevada is facing a "9/11 equivalent" for emergency management services because of changes happening at the federal level, the state's top homeland security official said this week. More.

Local community populations ("survivors") exposed to the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster experienced complex exposures to mixtures of dust and combustion products with potential carcinogenic effects. More.

Rudy Giuliani, hospitalized in Florida with pneumonia his lawyer has attributed to toxic exposures on and after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, is just now applying for coverage in the World Trade Center Health Program. More.

The Trump administration has slashed funding for infectious disease research and has far fewer employees, including disease detectives, to respond to outbreaks. More.

For centuries, humans have tried to make sense of tornadoes. Indigenous tribes passed their observations down through stories. Benjamin Franklin, in his writings, claimed that he chased a twister on horseback, cracking his whip at it along the way. More.