A total of 60 opioid overdoses were reported Friday and Saturday — including more than 37 on Saturday alone — triggering the ...

About 570 people in England and Wales are expected to die as a result of high temperatures from Thursday 19 June 2025 to ...

A dangerous, record-breaking heat wave will spread over the eastern United States and is expected to last several days.

Experts from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Imperial College London have forecast ...

Both dogs died while their owner was at work, police say, who was later arrested. “Heat-related pet deaths are some of the most heart wrenching for our teams to investigate because they are 100 ...

According to the CDC, heat-related deaths in the U.S. doubled from 1999 to 2023, with 21,518 deaths recorded during that ...

The UKHSA alert warns there could be "a rise in deaths" among people with pre-existing health conditions and those aged over ...

AN AMBER heat health alert has been issued for the whole of England, as officials warn that soaring June temperatures could mean a “likely rise in deaths”. The alert will be in force ...

The UK Health Security says a rise in deaths among vulnerable groups is 'likely' during the heatwave - an amber alert has ...

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Health officials have issued amber alerts across England ahead of scorching 33C temperatures. The UK Health Security Agency ...

Kent’s heat-health warning has been upgraded to amber with temperatures expected to exceed 30C today and amid forecasts of ...