NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll

An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved. Thousands of Americans die every year from a chronically underreported cause: heat [1].

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1. houstonpublicmedia.org · NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll Sep 3, 2026

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