Doctors see more heat-related illnesses in outdoor workers as heat wave drags on

Doctors see more heat-related illnesses in outdoor workers as heat wave drags on

Every summer, as temperatures rise, Phoenix-area doctors begin seeing more patients with heat-related symptoms but a deadly heat wave entering its fourth week with temperatures above 110 degrees is taking its toll on even the most heat-acclimated populations.  Temperatures have been sweltering since early June, beginning in Texas.  Then a ridge of high-pressure parked its breaks over the Southwest in July, … Read more

More than 250 million Americans sizzle from above-average temperatures

More than 250 million Americans sizzle from above-average temperatures

Buckle up, America. Most of the country will experience the hottest week of the summer as the dangerously hot temperatures baking parts of the South and West for weeks begin to expand to the East Coast, with more than 250 million people from coast-to-coast seeing above-average heat. According to the FOX Forecast Center, this will be the … Read more