Caleb Dresser

May 24, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Caleb Dresser |Shruthi Mahalingaiah |Kari C. Nadeau

Heat waves pose an escalating threat to human health in general and the health of pregnant people and infants in particular. Darrow et al1 used 2 large datasets—a natality database that includes 55 million recent US births and a 1-km2 grid of historical daily temperatures—to demonstrate an association between heat waves and rates of preterm and early-term births.

Oct 31, 2023 | statnews.com | Caleb Dresser

The world’s is now bleeding into the fall. Instead of enjoying a cool respite from the heat, millions of Americans started September enduring temperatures so high that schools were forced to close across the country. Extreme heat continued into October, leading organizers to cancel the Twin Cities Marathon due to a forecasted high of 91 degrees — 25 degrees higher than normal for Minneapolis and St. Paul.