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Sweating the details: Sauna’s potential health benefits draw scientists’ interest
10+ hour, 44+ min ago (1482+ words) For more on the science of healthy living, try NPR’s Health newsletter. Scientists have long marveled at how the human body tolerates extreme heat — and what that means for our health. In the late 1700s, British scientists ran bold experiments on…...
Humid Heat, Not Heat Alone, Drives Childhood Asthma Surges in Warming Shanghai
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Nevada SCATS honored for heat illness prevention program
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (274+ words) Nevada’s Safety Consultation and Training Section (SCATS) and the Nevada On-Site Consultation Program have received the On-Site Consultation Achievement Recognition Award (OSCAR) in recognition of the program’s innovative and comprehensive approach to preventing workplace heat illness. The award was presented…...
Dade County EMA opening 3 cooling shelters due to high heat
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (107+ words) Dade County Emergency Management Agency is opening all three community shelter facilities as cooling areas as the area prepares for several days of dangerous heat. The shelters will be open 24 hours a day for anyone who needs a place to…...
Climate shocks put girls at risk of child marriage, violence and teen pregnancy
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (650+ words) Find the Plan International website you are looking for in this list Change Her Forecast, the State of the World's Girls 2026 report, reveals how climate change is putting girls' health, safety and futures at risk. Climate disasters are driving greater…...
Extreme heat threatens pregnancy, birth safety — UN official
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (770+ words) SUVA (Sundiata Post) – UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell, warns that extreme heat is emerging as a potentially fatal threat to pregnant women, newborns and maternal healthcare systems as climate change intensifies. Stiell, speaking on Monday at the Birthright…...
DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Particulate Matter for Pittsburgh and Susquehanna Valley Region for Saturday, October 10, 2026
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (234+ words) Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has declared a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) for Saturday, October 10, 2026, in... DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Particulate Matter for Pittsburgh…...
Extreme heat warning issued for Los Angeles County until Thursday evening – temperatures to reach 99 degrees
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (239+ words) Los Angeles County was placed under an updated extreme heat warning by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 4:57 a.m. The warning is in effect until 8 p.m. “Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures reaching 90 to 100 at the coast and 106 in the valleys,” can…...
County heat tracking reports 14 deaths, nearly 300 cases during extreme summer temperatures
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (281+ words) County public health officials emphasized that extreme ambient heat poses severe risks to the entire community, warning that children, pregnant women, older adults, and individuals with underlying medical conditions remain at heightened vulnerability to rapid-onset conditions like heat exhaustion and…...
Four nations join forces to tackle rising El Nino heat
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (416+ words) India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan step up cooperation; report flags gaps in health surveillance, funding and local preparedness AS El Nino packs more power and extreme heat emerges as a growing public health and livelihood challenge across South Asia, India,…...