Playing in unsafe heat can cause immense stress to the body. Heat exhaustion and heat stroke raise the body temperature, ...

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The first is that addressing climate change needs to be viewed through a strategic lens rather than as an altruistic act or ...

The passenger suffered a medical emergency while the plane was mid-air, Turkish Airlines told The Independent in a statement.

A pair of bipartisan senators introduced legislation this week that would seek information on how much growing wildfires are ...

The soupy, smothering extreme heat that has scorched parts of the Northern Hemisphere this summer takes a hard toll on our ...

A warmer atmosphere can hold more water, which makes it more likely moisture-laden clouds will drop rainfall bombs when they ...

A country that doesn’t allow citizens to criticize their leaders is not a democracy. It’s not where liberty or justice ...

An Australian research vessel testing a localized form of climate engineering — artificial modification of the weather — to ...

Pope Francis was viewed as relatively progressive. His successor, the first American pope, is now in a unique position to influence global health. Sima Barmania reports.

The researchers have been tracking the heat, and the way it impacts parts of the city differently, in a brand-new way that could ultimately provide relief for some Chicagoans.

A longtime resident of Berkeley, Dr. Lee Ballance, died on June 1 with family and close friends at his side.