Heat

A report by the Orlando Sentinel and Columbia Journalism Investigations found that inequality is fueling heat-related illnesses across Florida.

Farmworkers have long faced dangers from laboring outside in sweltering heat. As climate change raises temperatures, heat illness could come for far more people.

Heat-related illnesses are soaring in Arizona and Florida as the planet warms and temperatures rise. Poor communities are bearing the brunt of sickening heat in these states.

Florida Gators football fans need only take a few steps to find relief from soaring stadium temperatures. Chilly misting stations, free all-you-can...

Hotter neighborhoods tend to be poorer in dozens of major U.S. cities. That extra heat can have serious health effects for those living there.

It’s the middle of August in Florida, which means we should be accustomed to the sweltering, suffocating heat we’ve been sweating through across the...

A report released this week predicts a lot more days of extreme heat - so much that they're being called "killer heat" days. We conclude our three-part...

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester / Kaiser Health NewsLast month, on a day that was sweltering even by Phoenix standards, Filiberto Lares knew he wasn’t well. An…

A report released Tuesday says that the nation will face extremely hot days - along with deaths from killer heat waves - in the near future if carbon...

The federal government wants to deploy several new tools for catching insurers that have overcharged Medicare $30 billion in the past three years alone. But the insurance industry is balking.