The number of heat-related deaths in the U.S. increased 117% between 1999 and 2023, according to new research. The research comes after a summer of scorching temperatures and heat waves in the U.S ...

Americans are more at risk from the deadly effects of heat than ever before, a new study found. Researchers from the Journal of the American Medical Association say there were 21,518 deaths from ...

The finding comes as a late-August heat wave bears down on a significant part of the country. By Austyn Gaffney As dangerous heat bears down on the central and eastern United States this week ...

As the planet warms, heat-related deaths are increasing in the U.S., according to a new study that looked at federally reported data since 1999. More Americans died from heat in 2023 than any year ...

Heat-related deaths in the US have been steadily increasing for years, a new study published in the medical journal JAMA shows — a 117% increase in heat-related deaths from 1999 to 2023 ...

A heat wave was expected to bring record-high temperatures to the midwestern United States this week before spreading to the East Coast, forecasters said. At the same time, a bout of severe ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson and Dan Henninger Photo: Mike Segar/Reuters The reason you’ve heard a lot about extreme heat deaths this ...

Spending time outside during a heat wave can be sweaty, uncomfortable, even health-endangering, but scientists have come up with an innovation they say could provide relief: clothes that ...

A Times climate reporter recounts his journey to switch his home’s HVAC system to a climate-friendly heat pump. By Christopher Flavelle Reporting from my furnace room. You’ve probably heard ...

A broiling heat wave is headed to Southern California this week, bringing what is expected to be the hottest temperatures of the summer to a region that has already endured stifling weather.

Wonder Land: World opinion should impose more pressure on Hamas military leader Yahya Sinwar. Image: Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images Hezbollah retaliated against Israel on Sunday for the July ...