Heat-Related Deaths in the US Rose 117 Percent Between 1999 and 2023

As 55 million people in the U.S. Midwest faced heat alerts on Monday, research published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association showed that heat-related deaths in the country rose 117% between 1999 and 2023. “The current trajectory that we’re on, in terms of warming and the change in the climate, is starting to actually show up in increased deaths…

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