{"id":1257594,"date":"2023-10-10T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grist.org\/?p=619905"},"modified":"2023-10-10T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T08:30:00","slug":"as-heat-related-deaths-rise-a-new-program-puts-community-clinics-on-the-front-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/10\/10\/as-heat-related-deaths-rise-a-new-program-puts-community-clinics-on-the-front-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"As heat-related deaths rise, a new program puts community clinics on the front lines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
This story is part of Record High<\/a>, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how \u2014 and where \u2014 we live.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This summer was the hottest ever recorded<\/a>, and 2023 is on track to be the hottest year in history<\/a>. Next year is likely to be even warmer<\/a> thanks to a strengthening El Ni\u00f1o, a cyclical weather pattern that contributes to above-average temperatures across much of the globe. The extreme heat has made the consequences of more than a century of reckless reliance on fossil fuels impossible to ignore.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n As it gets hotter, more people will succumb to heat-related illnesses. The average number of heat-associated deaths that occur every year in the U.S. rose 95 percent<\/a> between 2010 and 2022. That data doesn\u2019t include this year\u2019s record-breaking summer. The good news is that heat-related illness is highly treatable. The key is to get the right resources to the right places in time to save lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n