How Can We Better Protect Our Patients Against Extreme Heat?
By Claire Young Peer Reviewed Last summer, New Yorkers experienced a heat wave 1 —causing infrastructure failures 2,3 , poor air quality, and even deaths. Summers are only getting ...
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Extreme heat is a fact of summer. Its health harms don't have to be.
We should focus on trying to find ways to reach the most vulnerable people.
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