Emergency Room Visits Surge Amid Extreme Heat

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Sticking with the weather. According to the National weather service, over 55 million people are now under a heat alert. Spanning more than a dozen states, that extreme heat is leading to an uptick in emergency room visits. And calls in the South CDC. Data for the week of June 18 through June 24 shows that emergency rooms and doctors across Texas reported higher numbers of patients experiencing heat related health issues than the same period last year. The CDC estimates that roughly 700 people in the US die from heat per year.