How to protect your children during heat waves

Image caption: Those most at risk are young children in parked vehicles and adolescents returning to school and participating in sports during the hottest days of the year. Image credit: Getty Images. Article by Emmarie Huetteman / KHN. PopSci – August 4, 2022. This article was originally featured on KHN.

After more than a week of record-breaking temperatures across much of the country, public health experts are cautioning that children are more susceptible to heat illness than adults are—even more so when they’re on the athletic field, living without air conditioning, or waiting in a parked car. […]

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