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A new investigation shows heat is even deadlier than we thought

Short Wave by NPR

Sep 4, 202614:45Science & Medicine

Hot weather isn’t just an inconvenience. It’s killing thousands more Americans than show up in official records. That’s the finding from a new NPR investigation, in partnership with Boston University. And the way they ca...

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