Medical providers and public health experts worry that the health care system is poorly equipped to handle the influx. The UW's Dr. Jeremy Hess, professor of environmental and occupational health sciences, global health and emergency medicine; and Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences, are quoted.

Under the scorching summer sun, pavement can reach temperatures hot enough to cause second-degree burns. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

As summer begins in the United States, some local officials and health experts are sounding the alarm about the dangers of extreme heat, whose effects can be deadly but hard to trace. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

California is launching a heat wave ranking system, but it’s unclear how well such efforts actually inform people about heat risks. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

More than a third of Americans endure summers at least 1.5C hotter than the 1895 average, analysis shows. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what’s happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.