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In the final week of July, the National Weather Service issued excessive heat warnings for 17 states, stretching from the West Coast, across the Midwest, down south into Louisiana and Georgia. Temperatures 10 to 15  F above average threaten the lives and livelihoods of people all across the country.

Doctors in Washington state used human body bags filled with ice and water to rapidly cool the sickest patients affected by record heat last month.

A man who was attacked by a bull later got a lifesaving intestinal transplant.

In Harris County, which includes Houston, more than 300 carbon monoxide poisoning cases have been reported.

Not only does the general public consider CPR more effective than it really is, they tend to discount the negative effect it can have, the researchers said.

In an Instagram announcement, Band-Aid says it is committed to making tangible change for the black community, and also noted its plan to donate to Black Lives Matter.

The 2019 figure is the highest number of such deaths in more than 30 years, according to the association.

The researchers said that unlike synthetic material currently used in most surgeries, this yarn wouldn't pose any risk of causing a reaction in patients' bodies, CNN reported.

According to one database, more than 2,500 men and women went to an emergency room for head and neck injuries sustained while using a smartphone between 1998 and 2017. When that number is extrapolated to include the whole country, the total is likely to be more than 76,000 people.

You're more likely to get sued if you don't intervene.

The boy was trying to get the last drop of juice when his tongue created a vacuum and he couldn't get it out of the bottle.

Tests with rats and pig tissues showed that the tape can tightly seal tissues, such as the lungs and intestines, within 5 seconds, according to the study published Oct. 30 in the journal Nature.

Electric fans might make you feel cooler, but they can actually increase your risk of becoming heat sick and even dying from a heat stroke, the evidence shows.

The report describes instances of people who were accidentally electrocuted and burned by phone charging cords.

For each 10% jump in home ownership of guns, the risk of someone in the household being killed rises by 13%. The risk of a nonfamily member getting murdered is increased only 2% with gun ownership, researchers found.

From 2005 to 2014, there were about 3,536 unintentional drownings not related to boating every year. Overall, about one in five victims of drowning are children 14 and younger.

Across two-thirds of the United States, over 115 million Americans live where some level of heat alert is already in effect, and 290 million will see temperatures soar past 90 degrees at some point in the next week, USA Today reported Wednesday.

The findings suggest there's a crucial need for CPR training programs in poor, non-white, lower-education neighborhoods, said study lead researcher Dr. Maryam Naim.

The commission says two boys were injured using the broken end of one of the recalled products. One of the boys lost a hand in the explosion.

The Fiji Health Ministry is working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization to investigate the mysterious death of a Texas couple on vacation on the South Pacific Island.

The new report indicates a spike in drowning incidents among all children younger than 15.