Heat-related deaths are on the rise in the US, according to a new analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The number of heat-related deaths recorded in the US jumped ...

Heat-related mortality is on the rise in the United States, where high temperatures have caused or contributed to the deaths of more than 21,500 people since 1999, new research has found.

According to the data, heat-related deaths increased by 16.8% per year from 2016 to 2023 - and researchers expect the numbers to continue climbing. "As temperatures continue to rise because of ...

More Perfect Union, a labor advocacy group, has put up the billboards, and its founder explains the connection between ...

At least 38 people are suspected to have died across six states as a result of the unrelenting heat, according to an NBC News count, a number sure to rise as authorities confirm more cases.

A dangerously hot summer is shaping up in the U.S. West, with heat suspected in dozens of recent deaths, including retirees in Oregon, a motorcyclist in Death Valley, California and a 10-year-old ...

As Hampton Roads continues to bake under extreme heat with high temperatures ... and Prevention reports that heat-related deaths have shown a steady rise over the past two decades.

Heat stress now kills more people globally each year than any other weather-related cause, according to the World Health Organization — and many of these deaths occur indoors. A Reuters survey ...

A 55-year-old man who was exposed to prolonged heat in 2024 died in February, marking the first heat-related death in ...

Heat rescues occur every spring and summer at national parks throughout the Southwest, but late May was particularly busy for ...

“Heat deaths rise. Safety staff cut. Made possible by D.O.G.E.” It’s one of around 300 billboards placed across Arizona, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida by More Perfect ...