The multi-day heat wave conditions have arrived this summer, with temperatures soaring past 45°C in some regions. While we ...

A TATTOO has been blamed for a rare medical nightmare that robbed a Polish man of his hair and ability to sweat. The ...

Emergency departments, medical centres and first responders are dealing with a surge in heat-related illness across Australia ...

When people get hot, we can strip off clothing and we sweat to cool down. But animals such as cats and dogs aren’t so lucky.

Southeast Australia is enduring a record-breaking heat wave, with temperatures rising above 40ºC in many areas.

Despite parts of Australia experiencing the worst heatwave conditions since the 2019-20 Black Summer, people can still be ...

Everyone in heatwave-affected areas is at risk — even "healthy, fit young people". Here's how extreme heat affects your body ...

As summer heat waves stretch later into fall—and with higher temperatures arriving earlier in spring—protecting student-athletes from heat-related illnesses has become a year-round concern. Research ...

Student-athletes have always had to balance athletic and academic schedules and navigate mental health challenges. But now there is a growing concern of heat illness as many states are experiencing ...

Two decades after California enacted a landmark heat safety law, farmworkers are still getting sick and sometimes dying from preventable heat illness. Cal/OSHA says it is working to improve ...

According to National Weather Service figures, heat killed 199 Americans last year. That is more than double the second leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States, flooding, which ...