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Changes in heat-related illnesses?

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Katelyn Jetelina
Jul 27, 2023
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Um, it’s hot out there. Heat records are breaking all across the globe this summer.

I just spent a week in Texas, and one of my girls got sick really fast. So, naturally, I went down the epi rabbit hole of curiosity: if heat records are breaking, have heat-related illnesses (HRI) increased, too? This may seem intuitive, but some factors are decreasing r…

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