Heat waves are the single highest cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S., where an estimated 1,300 fatalities from heat ...

Louisiana attempted to raise the temperature at which inmates receive special heat precautions from 88 degrees to 91 degrees, ...

With extreme temperatures in the forecast for California, first responders want people to be aware of warning signs that the ...

On the last day of this year’s legislative session, the Republican-run Legislature approved a bill that overrides any city or ...

Last September a 26-year-old worker collapsed of heatstroke on his first day at a Belle Glade sugarcane farm ... heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and potentially fatal heat stroke.

By Patricia Mazzei Reporting from Florida City and Homestead, Fla. The heat stroke that José Delgado suffered six years ago after working in a sweet potato field in South Florida left him with ...

As temperatures approach a threshold of what’s considered livable for humans, hundreds of millions of outdoor workers are at ...

“There were dudes that got heat stroke. There were dudes with underlying ... Prisoners have toiled on the same farm lines since after emancipation often without shade, adequate work breaks ...

Heat stroke is a serious medical emergency requiring immediate attention, while heat exhaustion can be mitigated with first aid. Monday, May 19, kicks off Heat Safety Week from the National ...

Kurosawa, who grows rice, cabbage, wheat and corn in Meiwa, a town in the eastern Gunma prefecture, is one of nearly a million predominantly elderly Japanese who still farm for a living ...