MedPage Today September 23, 2024
— Study finds that increase in heat deaths will far outweigh reduction in cold deaths
Deaths related to extreme temperatures in the U.S. were projected to increase substantially by the mid-21st century, with Black and Hispanic adults projected to disproportionately be affected by this increase, according to a cross-sectional study in JAMA Network Open.
In this video interview, Sameed Khatana, MD, MPH, of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, discusses the study, which used two greenhouse gas emissions scenarios to project the number of extreme temperature-related deaths in the contiguous U.S.
The following is a transcript of his remarks:
Today, I’ll be discussing our recently published paper in JAMA Network Open looking at the projected number...
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