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A Chinese birth cohort of 1,278 pairs found higher prenatal temperatures and heatwaves — especially in the second trimester — tracked with higher creatinine and urea in early childhood.
Dallas has held 105°F for five straight days, Texas drought jumped 20 points in a week, and more than 70 million people have been under heat alerts — with little rain in sight.
As the 2026 World Cup opens, researchers point to last year's Club World Cup as a preview: 31 of 57 matches were played at heat levels guidelines say should have stopped play.
A 22-year US analysis links hotter months to more overdose deaths. A British Columbia case-control study finds antipsychotic dispensing associated with dying in the 2021 heat dome.
In New Orleans, five-day heat waves raised domestic violence calls by 7%. Across 42 low- and middle-income countries, drought raised intimate partner violence risk — but its interaction with heat was negative.
A pan-tropical analysis links deforestation-driven local warming to about 28,000 heat-related deaths a year, with Southeast Asia carrying the highest rate.
A 15-city study found a pooled relative risk of exactly 1.00 for heat warnings. Adjusting for green space, population and density turned it into 0.85. Both numbers are in the same paper.
About 1,009 deaths a year were attributable to heatwaves in 2016-2019. Queensland and New South Wales carried rates more than three times Western Australia's.
Twenty adults sat for three hours at 39 °C with and without a fan, hydrated and not. Dehydrated, the fan raised heart rate and stopped feeling better, while sweat losses rose either way.
A study of 5,459 municipalities projects annual costs of $228-264 million by mid-century, with the largest absolute burden in the South and the fastest relative growth in the North.
Deaths during combined heat and ozone days in Hong Kong, preterm births projected across Chinese cities to 2100, and a seasonal flip in Japan's ambulance demand from winter to summer.