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CALIFORNI'S WILDFIRE CRISIS: HOW TO CLIMATE CHANGE IS FUELING A PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER

Introduction Health experts now identify climate change as an urgent public health matter that impacts many global health effects. Modern climate pattern changes create immediate and intervening health effects that require immediate global attention and intervention. The rising challenge of climate change creates various health risks by affecting extreme weather patterns as well as causing deteriorations in air quality and spreading infectious diseases and mental health problems. The situation demands immediate intervention to control these effects. The evaluation of climate change effects on social life and public health can be studied through the recent wildfires that burned in California. The California wildfires transformed into permanent public health threats that create extensive effects throughout the entire year. Human health faced total destruction during the 2025 wildfire season especially through the destructive force of Palisades and Eaton Canyon fires in Los Angeles ...