With an increasing intensity and severity of heat waves in the U.S., Rutgers Health researchers, in collaboration with the City University of New York (CUNY), found that older workers, particularly ...

Three people have been indicted in the June 21 death of William Dickerson, 51. He was outside for too long on a hot day, ...

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With an increasing intensity and severity of heat waves in the U.S., Rutgers Health researchers, in collaboration with the ...

Officials have yet to grasp the magnitude of heat-related deaths, let alone effectively deal with the problem, public health ...

When worksite temperatures are higher than 90 degrees, workers will be provided 15-minute rest breaks every two hours, "to allow workers to drink water and cool off and prevent heat illnesses such as ...

Heat, air pollution, disease spread and food insecurity linked to climate change are worsening health and costing millions of ...

The Florida Justice Institute, a Miami-based nonprofit that advocates for incarcerated, homeless, and disabled people, filed the lawsuit last year aiming to protect prisoners at the Dade Correctional ...

A 50-year-old woman found dead inside her vehicle in Rosamond in August died from complications of heat illness and diabetes, according to coroner’s ...

Los Angeles broke a 94-year-old temperature record on Tuesday as extreme heat prompted heat-related weather alerts for millions in Southern California. Newsweek reached out to NWS Los Angeles by phone ...

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