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PHOENIX (AP) — Paramedics summoned to an Arizona retirement community last summer found an 80-year-old woman slumped inside her mobile home, enveloped in the suffocating 99-degree (37 C) heat she suffered for days after her…

Since March, there have been nearly 30 heatwave days, with nearly four spells in a little over a month and a half. While the heatwaves have abated slightly, there is every possibility that the temperatures will soar again. As a result, it…

The ConversationJul 13, 2021 11:41:57 ISTAs a primary care physician who often treats patients with heat-related illnesses, I know all too well how heat waves create spikes in hospitalizations and deaths related to “severe non-exertional…

One way or another, the climate crisis threatens pretty much all of us -- and the threats extend far beyond the physical. When we consider…