Are we all prepared for summer's heat? | Dorchester Reporter

Heat is more than an inconvenience. Some 65,000 Americans go to the hospital each year for heat-related illness, including heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and worsening of underlying heart, lung, or kidney disease. And 2,000 Americans die from heat every year—more than any other extreme weather event. Due to climate change, extreme heat events are becoming more common, severe,

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