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heat-related illnesses

Covid, clean air boxes, ASU
Sep 25, 2023

DIY filtration boxes from ASU help prevent spread of Covid in Phoenix cooling centers

Being homeless in the hottest large city in the United States can be fatal. According to Maricopa County’s 2022 Heat Deaths Report, more than half of all heat-related deaths in Maricopa County last year were unhoused people. That makes cooling centers crucial safe spaces for unhoused people to escape the heat for periods of time.

heat-related illness, Maricopa County, homeless, elderly, contact burns
Jul 6, 2023

‘Contact burns’ from hot surfaces lead to hospitalizations, some deaths

Arizona Burn Center officials are warning about roads and surfaces that get blistering hot – literally – in the summer sun, after several years in which contact burns resulted in scores of hospital admissions.

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