According to the latest NCDHHS report, the rate of heat-related emergency room visits is highest in Northeastern NC and the Fayetteville area, with statewide visits on the rise. “This year ...
so did ER visits for heat illness. A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in April found that there were nearly 120,000 heat-related emergency room visits in 2023 ...
Our warming planet is putting those who are pregnant at higher risk — and the impacts go far beyond heat-related ... rise of complaints, which include a Texas woman who miscarried in an ER ...
Heat-related deaths are on the rise in the US, according to a new analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The number of heat-related deaths recorded in the US jumped ...
According to the data, heat-related deaths increased by 16.8% per year from 2016 to 2023 - and researchers expect the numbers to continue climbing. "As temperatures continue to rise because of ...
The heat can even lead to death. But experts say we likely undercount heat-related fatalities ... But you can at least track ER visits by ZIP code if you draw on heat maps produced by UCLA.
According to the data, heat-related deaths increased by 16.8% per year from 2016 to 2023 - and researchers expect the numbers to continue climbing. "As temperatures continue to rise because of ...
Heat is no small matter, as an analysis of heat-related deaths in the U.S. from the last 25 years, published in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, points out. The number of ...
Heat-related mortality is on the rise in the United States, where high temperatures have caused or contributed to the deaths of more than 21,500 people since 1999, new research has found.
The nation’s disaster apparatus, which has spent hundreds of billions of dollars to protect people and rebuild from storms and other weather-related perils, does not consider extreme heat a ...
This sobering statistic underscores a 117 percent surge in heat-related deaths since 1999, with over 20,000 lives claimed by blistering temperatures over the past two decades. As climate change ...
The beginning of this week is going to be a hot one. Milwaukee County is under a heat advisory today, while most of southern Wisconsin's inland counties are under an excessive heat warning.