Articles by Senior Staff Writer Zoya Teirstein
Zoya Teirstein is a senior staff writer covering the impacts of climate change on human health. Her work can also be found in Rolling Stone, Wired, and the Associated Press. She has received awards from the Indigenous Journalists Association, the SEAL Awards, and the Society of Environmental Journalists, and completed reporting fellowships with SciLine, the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawai‘i, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Most recently, she was a 2022-2023 National Science-Health-Environment Reporting fellow.
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In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies
What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.
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5 things to know about the fungal infection valley fever
Learn how the disease spreads, how to recognize common symptoms, and how it's diagnosed and treated.
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Your home has a 1 in 4 chance of being at severe risk from extreme weather
Here's what that means for your insurance policy.
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How climate change endangers mothers and children
Rising temperatures are rewriting the earliest stages of life, according to a new report.