Extreme Heat
Heat-related deaths and illnesses are preventable. Despite this fact, approximately 1,220 people in the United States are killed by extreme heat every year. This website provides helpful tips, information, and resources to help you stay safe in the extreme heat this summer. Learn more about extreme heat.
Protecting Disproportionately Affected Populations from Extreme Heat
Resources for Health Professionals
- Climate-Ready States and Cities Initiative (CRSCI) Extreme Heat Adaptation StoryMap
- Climate Change and Extreme Heat: What You Can Do to Prepare [PDF- 8.64 MB]
- Environmental Public Health Tracking – Heat Stress Illness
- Extreme Heat Bibliography
- Heat Stress in the Workplace (NIOSH)
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR)
- National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS)
- Preparing for and Responding to Extreme Heat and Cold Events
- Temperature Extremes- Climate and Health
