The community has the medical supplies it currently requires but, like many other remote or isolated communities, overcrowding makes dealing with an outbreak difficult.
Early summer in Moscow brings an onslaught of allergy-inducing, Instagram-ready fluff from poplar seeds.
Dr. Antony Ham Pong, who's been treating allergy patients for about 35 years, warns the combination of a wet spring and heavy snow melt threaten to create a "super bloom of ragweed with lots of pollen."
For those who suffer from seasonal allergies, spring means red eyes, mucus and fits of sneezing. This year, the Lynn Canal has seen a remarkable spruce pollen bloom.
Regurgitation from a bald eagle contains plastic pieces.
Pia Östensson, a biologist and pollen expert at Stockholm's Natural History museum, explains why there is so much aspen fluff this year and why it is not related to recent wildfires.
Cries to urgently call state of emergency in Irkutsk region as it chokes in smoke.
Alvin Williams was reported missing on May 2. His body was found Sunday, troopers said.
The Mongolian Ministry of Health confirmed two people died from plague after consuming raw meat and internal organs of a marmot.
The cold and wet hunters built a fire to keep warm until Alaska Army National Guard rescuers arrived hours later.
Spring blossoms, dusty streets, distant fires and a lack of rain combine to create hazardous respiratory conditions.
A UN official says it looks from the air like parts of Mozambique were "run over by a bulldozer".
Pollen from birch trees was carried along with dust from the Sahara Desert on strong winds that originated in Eastern Europe.
Gallery | The fires, which were swept in from Mongolia by high winds, have caused almost $9.4 million in damage.
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The death toll from a storm that crashed into southeast Africa last month has risen above 1,000, with more than 4,000 cases of cholera reported among survivors in Mozambique, the hardest-hit country.
Why air quality is worse at different times of day and how you might be violating city code with your leaf blower.
Alder catkins (the pollen-rich flowers on alder trees) haven't reached their peak yet, but there are a lot of them. There can be four to five million pollen particles in a single catkin.
The tragedy came after several days of dire warnings about the dangers of river travel due to an unusually early warm-up. Search and rescuers crawled onto weak ice, open water all around, to help retrieve the survivors.
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