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Rising Temperatures Increase Risk for Poor Maternal, Neonatal Outcomes
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 – Escalating heat exposure poses a major threat to maternal and neonatal health, according to a review published online Nov. 5 in Nature Medicine. Darshnika P. Lakhoo, ...
Most of the World's Cities Lack Enough Trees to Cool, Calm Residents
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 – As climate changes sends summer temperatures higher worldwide, new research finds most urban residents don't have a key source of cooling shade: trees. A study of eight...
Climate Change Is Pushing More People to Get X-rays, CT Scans
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 – There's yet another downside to global warming: Higher health care expenditures for medical scans on hot days. So report Canadian researchers who discovered that periods of...
AHA: Rising Outdoor Temperatures Tied to Higher Risk for Atrial Fibrillation
MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2024 – There is a dose-response relationship between rising outdoor temperatures and increased atrial fibrillation (AF) events, according to a study presented at the American Heart...
Heat Waves Linked to Adverse Health Outcomes for Seniors
FRIDAY, Nov. 8, 2024 – For dually eligible adults aged 65 years and older, heat waves are associated with increased adverse health events, according to a study published online Nov. 8 in JAMA Health...
More Than Half of Heat Deaths Can Be Blamed on Global Warming: Study
TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2024 – Researchers looking at the sweltering European summer of 2022 estimated that more than half of the heat-linked deaths occurring on the continent would not have happened if...
Most Young Americans Worry About Climate Change, Survey Finds
MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 – An overwhelming majority of teens and young adults are worried about how climate change will affect their future, a new survey has found. About 85% of 16- to 25-year-olds are...
Geographic Position Influences Climate Change Risk Perception of Emergency Medical Services
MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 – The perception of risk related to climate change among emergency medical societies differs according to geographical position, and few have implemented assessment and...
Biden Administration Uses Wartime Powers to Help Restart IV Fluid Plant in North Carolina
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 – Following hurricane damage that shuttered a North Carolina plant that makes 60% of the country's IV fluids, U.S. health officials have invoked the Defense Production Act...
Homeless Americans' Death Rate Rises on Hot Days
TUESDAY, Oct. 15, 2024 – As temperatures soar in some of America's hottest spots, death rates among local homeless people rise as well, new research shows. Data from 2015 through 2022 finds a big...
IV Fluid Plant in Florida Remains Functional After Milton
FRIDAY, Oct. 11, 2024 – Facing a nationwide shortage of vital IV fluids after Hurricane Helene knocked out a North Carolina production plant, officials heaved a sigh of relief at the news that a...
U.S. Scrambles to Find Hospital IV Fluids After Helene Damages NC Plant
THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2024 – After Hurricane Helene knocked out a North Carolina production plant for a major supplier of IV fluids for U.S. hospitals, officials said the federal government is reaching...
Heat Stress in Pregnancy Might Affect a Babies' Development Later
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024 – Hot weather can be more than just uncomfortable and annoying: New research finds it can impact an infant’s development both before and after birth. Babies are more likely t...
AAP: Pediatric Heat-Related ED Visits Increased 170 Percent Over Last Decade
FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2024 – Pediatric heat-related illness emergency department volume is associated with higher temperatures and is increasing over time, according to a study presented at the annual...
At Two Dallas Hospitals, Kids' ER Visits for Heat Illness Nearly Tripled Over Last Decade
FRIDAY, September 27, 2024 – In a sign that climate change may be fueling heat illnesses in kids, a new study reveals that such visits to two Texas children's emergency rooms spiked 170% between...