Heat Stroke

Death certificates don’t always reflect the role that extreme heat played in ending a life, even when it seems obvious it was a factor. That imprecision harms efforts to better protect people from extreme heat.

With this dangerous heat wave forecasted to keep smothering the southern U.S. and Florida the next several weeks, it is important to know the key differences between heat-related illnesses.

While the daily highs were slightly above average, the main contributor to the record heat was the warmer than usual overnight low temperatures.

Two years ago, the legislature unanimously passed a heat illness prevention bill for student athletes.

As cities weather the first blasts of excessive summer heat, officials weigh the benefits of opening cooling centers and spray parks against the risks of letting people gather in public spaces.

Sixteen-year-old Zach Martin was propped up against his football coach and moaning incoherently when his mom got to the field. Around him, other boys were…

Florida lawmakers want to protect student athletes from sweltering temperatures, which can pose risk of heat strokes. The Senate Education committee...

Florida is well-known for producing high-caliber high school athletes, in part thanks to its near year-round sunshine and warm weather.But Florida also…

A proposal (SB 308) that would allow people to break into locked vehicles to help senior citizens, disabled adults, children or pets was approved...

So far this year, 15 children have died in the U.S. after they were accidentally left behind in hot cars. Florida has had four of those deaths, more than…