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HEALTHJul 11 · 12:00 UTCTHE ATLANTICDaniel Engber

No One Really Knows How Children Handle All This Heat

The article discusses the contradiction between public health warnings about children's vulnerability to extreme heat and epidemiological data showing lower heat-related illness rates in children. It highlights CDC and federal agency advisories cautioning about children's risks, while studies indicate children aged 5-14 have the lowest rates of heat-related deaths and hospitalizations.

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