
By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/GUWJ8R0

Talk about a summer sizzler: A record-breaking heat wave is making its way across the United States this week. Read on for a look at signs of heat-related illness and how to stay safe and cool as temperatures rise.
A new study looks at the disconnect between how healthfully Americans think they eat and how they actually do.
Researchers report that the life expectancy of Native Americans plummeted by nearly five years as the new coronavirus raged across the country, another sign that the pandemic has exacerbated disparities in health care.
Researchers evaluated a pilot program in Denver where dispatchers do not send police to certain low-level, non-violent calls to 911.