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CDC Online Newsroom | Press Release | CDC urges everyone: Get ready to stay cool before temperatures soarCDC urges everyone: Get ready to stay cool before temperatures soar

CDC Online Newsroom | Press Release | CDC urges everyone: Get ready to stay cool before temperatures soarCDC urges everyone: Get ready to stay cool before temperatures soar

Press Release: CDC urges everyone: Get ready to stay cool before temperatures soar

CDC urges everyone: Get ready to stay cool before temperatures soar


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging people to prepare for extreme heat this summer by staying cool, hydrated, and informed. “No one should die from a heat wave, but every year on average, extreme heat causes 658 deaths in the United States—more than tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and lightning combined,” said Robin Ikeda, MD, MPH, acting director of the National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. “Taking common sense steps in extreme temperatures can prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths.”

Extreme heat can lead to very high body temperatures, brain and organ damage, and even death. People suffer heat-related illness when their bodies are unable to compensate and cool themselves properly. Extreme heat affects everyone, but the elderly, children, the poor or homeless, persons who work or exercise outdoors, and those with chronic medical conditions are most at risk.

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