The University of Hawaii at Manoa is getting nearly $6 million in federal money to keep studying the long-term health effects of the Maui wildfires, good news for survivors and especially for the children who lived through the disaster.

• The National Institutes of Health awarded the funds to continue the Maui wildfire exposure study through 2031.
• Researchers have been tracking the physical and mental health of survivors since the fires.
• The study will now expand to include 800 children to see how the disaster affects their development.
• The focus is on how smoke exposure, displacement, stress, and upheaval at home affect kids' lungs, mental health, and schooling.

Outlook: The expanded study will follow survivors and children for the next five years to build a clearer picture of how the disaster shapes health over decades.