From Becker's:
July and August 2023 had the highest rates of heat-related illness emergency department visits across the nation, and the risk was three times higher than in other warm months — demonstrating a rising trend in heat-related illnesses compared to the previous five years, the CDC said in an April 18 report.
The CDC used the National Syndromic Surveillance Program to compare emergency department visits associated with heat-related illness in 2023 with ED visits in 2018 through 2022.
"Deaths and illnesses associated with heat exposure are a continuing public health concern as climate change results in longer, hotter and more frequent episodes of extreme heat," the CDC news release said.
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