With more record-breaking temperatures in the forecast for parts of the country, public health experts are cautioning that children are more susceptible to heat illness than adults.
. Federally backed clinics alone provide care to about 30 million Americans, including many children, he said.that found that from May through September, days with higher temperatures are associated with more visits to children's hospital emergency rooms. Many visits were more directly linked to heat, although the study also pointed to how high temperatures can exacerbate existing health conditions like neurological disorders.
Helping people better understand the health risks of extreme heat and how to protect themselves and their families are among the public health system's major challenges, experts said. The center developed a new heat alert system, which is being tested in Seville, Spain, historically one of the hottest citiesThe system marries metrics like air temperature and humidity with public health data to categorize heat waves and, when they are serious enough, give them names — making it easier for people to understand heat as an environmental threat that requires prevention measures.
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