Cooling a home overnight may not be enough to protect older adults from the physiological effects of repeated daytime indoor overheating during a multiday heat wave, according to new research from the ...

Cooling a hot home overnight may not fully reverse the effects of repeated daytime heat exposure in older adults, a ...

Increase in core temperature is associated with impaired cognition, impaired orthostatic responses, kidney strain, and ...

Extreme heat and wildfires both have serious health impacts. Climate change means they're overlapping more often, which ...

As heat waves sweep the country, NPR's A Martinez asks W. Larry Kenney, professor of physiology and kinesiology at Penn State University, how extreme heat affects humans. A dangerous heat wave is ...

A potentially record-setting October heat wave is expected to scorch Southern California this weekend and into next week, raising wildfire risks.

More than 35 million people are under heat alerts on Sunday afternoon as a dangerous multi-day October heat wave continues ...

Sweltering weather has extended from Los Angeles to San Diego, with extreme heat warnings putting homeowners on alert.