Taking the heat out of heatwaves
Researchers explore the impacts of heat on rural home care workers and mitigation strategies.
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Extreme heatwaves have claimed more lives in Australia than bushfires, floods, tropical cyclones and severe thunderstorms. Extreme heat is the most common cause of hospitalisations and deaths related to weather-related injury in Australia.
People ageing in their own homes in rural Australia are particularly vulnerable during heatwaves, as the risk of heat stress injury increas...
