Thirty-four people died from heat-related causes in Maryland during the late April to early October “heat season” this year, the… This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s…
Read more Maryland heat-related deaths reached highest number in over a decade this summer – WTOP NewsPhoenix officials touted the this summer’s heat mitigation efforts as a success. But, after hundreds of people died of heat-related illnesses, officials acknowledged that “one heat death is…
Read more Kate Gallego: Other cities need to ‘step up’ to prevent heat deathsThe Phoenix City Council expanded an ordinance to add more protections for outdoor workers of city contractors. The measure, which impacts about 10,000 people, requires city contractors to…
Read more Phoenix expands heat protections for 10,000 outdoor workersA record number of people died in 2023 from the Valley’s increasingly scorching heat, according to a preliminary report released Wednesday by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health. The…
Read more Heat killed record number of people in Maricopa County last yearThe autopsy should have been a piece of cake. My patient had a history of widely metastatic cancer, which was pretty straightforward as far as causes of death…
Read more The Enigma of ‘Heat-Related’ Deaths
