Katie Burke

For health journalists, the data are unequivocal: Air pollution is no longer just an environmental issue; it’s a global public health emergency. While headlines often focus on climate change, the invisible particles and molecules that result from burning ... See more

More than 1 billion people live in areas where the heat and the humidity will surpass the survivability limit by the end of this century. For comparison, the COVID-19 pandemic killed an estimated 15 million people in its first two years, according to the ... See more

People around the world are not getting important information about their health because it is siloed as an environmental topic. Health journalists can help fill that gap. A review paper published in October summarizes the global literature published on c... See more

In part one of my interview with Holly Hacker of KFF Health News, we discussed how her project mapping flood risk came about, and why the analysis was necessary beyond the maps you can find through FEMA. In this second part, Hacker and I discuss how she a... See more

In October, KFF Health News published an analysis identifying 170 hospitals with the highest flood risk in the United States. Not only was I intrigued by the data presentation, which allows journalists to find vulnerable hospitals in their coverage areas,... See more