“Heat-related illness and death are preventable,” CDC Director Mandy Cohen said when announcing the new HeatRisk initiative. HeatRisk, which combines public health and historical temperature ...

Certain factors can also increase someone’s risk of developing a heat-related illness, including fever, dehydration, prescription drug use, alcohol use or sunburn, according to the CDC.

During the warm season last year, heat-related ... heat-related illness can help public health officials better develop and implement intervention strategies, according to the new CDC report.

A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in April found that there were nearly 120,000 heat-related emergency ... most serious heat illness, the CDC says.