The results show that humidity makes heat much more dangerous for pregnant women and for child health later in life. People cool their bodies by sweating. Sweat needs dry air to evaporate and remove ...

Unlike outdoor heat stress, which spikes during summer heat waves, indoor heat stress is often chronic, cumulative and harder to spot. Workers may not feel the immediate alarm of extreme temperatures, ...

INDIANA, USA — The heat and humidity are building across the Midwest and are set to move into Indiana midweek. The good news? Higher storm chances are expected to return by Friday and the weekend, ...

Recent research reveals that hot and humid weather is significantly more dangerous during pregnancy than heat alone. The ...

Heat stress happens when your body starts having problems regulating internal temperature due to high external temperatures. It may lead to heat-related illnesses like heat exhaustion and heatstroke.

Discover how weather conditions affect idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) symptoms and learn practical tips to manage your ...

A Great American Ball Park employee wipes his head under a misting station before a baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Cleveland Indians, Saturday, July 18, 2015, in Cincinnati. An ...

I know in Houston, we hear the term humidity which is used to correlate to how muggy it may feel outside. But what actually is humidity and what does it represent? Humidity is the measurement of water ...

We’ve all heard someone say, ‘It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.’ Many of us have also seen the heat index on a hot and humid summer day, but what about a wet bulb temperature? Several scales ...

Every summer, I get asked this question: "Why don't you use relative humidity? I don't care about the dew point." The thing is - you should care about the dew point more. The dew point is quite ...