September 6, 2024

As Extreme Heat Becomes More Common, the Unprecedented Pacific Northwest Heat Dome Offers Lessons

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This Medical News article is an interview with emergency management and medical experts from Oregon and Washington who experienced the record-breaking heat wave in June of 2021.

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Jennifer Abbasi (Fri,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e5920cb6db64358752db8a https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.17788

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