In many cases, workers are required to perform their duties under extreme environmental conditions. In this context, heat represents one of the most significant yet often underestimated occupational ...

Periods of extreme heat—even a single day when the thermometer hits 35°C—are associated with increased risk of injury, hospitalization and death. When the body gets too hot, the heart and kidneys ...

Athletes are kicking, running, biking, jumping, flipping and otherwise pushing themselves to their physical limits during the Olympic Games this summer. For some athletes, those events could push the ...

It’s possible to train your body to better handle high temperatures in just a few weeks. By Katharine Gammon Inside a small, sealed room, Olivia Leach swallowed a pill that would soon monitor her ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s review of 20 heat-related enforcement cases from 2012 to 2013. The key finding: ...

Construction workers take a break under a shade canopy at a jobsite. Contractors are emphasizing hydration, cooling areas, schedule adjustments and worker acclimatization as early-season heat drives ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. High school sports teams start practices soon in what has been an extremely ...

WASHINGTON — Washington, D.C. is experiencing its hottest days of 2023. When the heat cranks up like this, we all look for little ways to make the days more bearable, but that is especially true for ...

Home to five of the past six TSSAA Division II-AAA high school football state championships, McCallie is ready to kick things up a notch this week in preparation for the regular season. With just over ...

Five straight days of heat acclimatization are required before actual practice can begin this upcoming Monday. All other fall high school sports — cross country, field hockey, golf, soccer, girls ...

According to the heat acclimatization regulations, failure to follow these guidelines will result in disciplinary action. Hook said there isn’t a monitoring system to determine when the rules are ...