Research shows injury from extreme heat more likely, as advocates push for a new federal heat rule and employers push back.

Regarding the impact of heat on young children, scientists note that their bodies absorb heat quickly, and the ability to sweat, and therefore cool down, is not fully developed. The immune system of ...

Extreme heat poses a greater risk to younger populations than the elderly, according to a new analysis which revealed that 75 ...

Study reveals young adults face the highest heat-related death risk, defying assumptions about heat vulnerability.

According to researchers several factors are at work, for instance young adults are more likely to be engaged in outdoor ...

A recent study reveals that extreme heat poses a significant risk to younger populations rather than the elderly in Mexico, ...

Heat waves caused by climate change have been thought to pose the greatest risk to the world’s elderly, but a new study ...

Young workers often face inflexible job conditions, increasing their exposure to heat-related risks like dehydration and heat ...

Many recent studies assume that elderly people are at particular risk of dying from extreme heat as the planet warms.