It’s not just the elderly. More than three-quarters of heat-related deaths in Mexico occurred among people younger than 35, ...

Many programs and policies designed to protect people from heat focus on older people. In the U.S., for instance, many ...

A surprising study of temperature-related deaths in Mexico upends conventional thinking about what age group is hit hardest ...

Researchers have discovered a pattern of extreme heat waves that defy current climate models, occurring globally except in ...

Millions of Australians are set to swelter through a massive heatwave with temperatures set to hit the low to mid-40s in most ...

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a first-ever urban heat wave simulation ...

Inner Melbourne, the northern and south-eastern suburbs are the worst places to be during high heat according to a new metric ...

Sarah Young, MD, explains how natural disasters fueled by climate change negatively impact people with kidney disease.

BEIJING--China is being buffeted by two weather extremes, with heavy rain and flooding forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in the south and a heat wave prompting fears of a ...

Extreme heat puts stress on everyone's bodies. In recent years, scientists and policymakers have homed in on the risks heat poses to older people, whose bodies become more sensitive to heat with ...

She mentioned three Mexican heat waves this year that hit in the middle of the country and kept the deadly heat going overnight so people had little relief. Usually cool nights allow a body to ...