Car crashes rise, test scores plummet: The hidden ways extreme heat affects our bodies and our minds
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The health impacts of heat waves go beyond things like dehydration or heat stroke.
Summer has just started, and already, cities across the country have seen heat waves and record-breaking temperatures: 96 degrees in Bangor, Maine; 98 degrees in Boston; 101 degrees in Albuquerque; a record-tying 117 degrees in Phoenix.