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Extreme heat could cost the U.S. economy an additional $1 billion in health-care expenses in the near future, according to a new report from Virginia Commonwealth University.
"One of the key goals of this report is to help the public understand the implications of extreme heat on health," said Dr. Steven Woolf, M.D., a professor at the VCU School of Medicine and coauthor of the report, which was published by the Center for American Progress. "Unless we take action to mitigate the effects of climate change, heat events are projected to keep increasing in frequency, resulting in an even greater blow to public health."
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