The U.S. military and many sports governing bodies use wet bulb globe temperature to assess heat risk more accurately than the heat index. The same standards used for soldiers and student-athletes should also be applied for workers on farms and other industries who labor outdoors during the hottest times of the year, write Duke University Heat Policy Innovation Hub experts Ashley Ward and Jordan Clark in an op-ed for STAT.

The Heat Action Plan Toolkit features a customizable heat action plan template for North Carolina counties, as well as outreach resources and recommended actions for healthcare staff and local leaders when extreme heat is in the forecast. Experts from the Duke University Heat Policy Innovation Hub collaborated on the toolkit with the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency, North Carolina State Climate Office and North Carolina Division of Public Health.

The N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency announced a new Heat Action Plan Toolkit that aims to reduce heat-related health impacts to North Carolina residents and workers. “Providing concrete guidance to counties on how to plan, prepare, and respond to extreme heat is critical to protect our communities, particularly those most vulnerable,” said Ashley Ward, director of the Duke University Heat Policy Innovation Hub, one of the partners that developed the toolkit.

While heatwaves are the deadliest form of weather disaster in the United States, federal law does not spell out that they are eligible for major disaster declarations, which unlocks federal resources for states in need. The omission disincentivizes communities from including extreme heat in their hazard mitigation plans, Jordan Clark, a postdoctoral associate at the Nicholas Institute's Heat Policy Innovation Hub, told The Guardian.

As the school year starts across North Carolina, students are returning to classes, athletics and other activities even as weather forecasters caution about high temperatures. Ashley Ward and Jordan Clark, both of the Nicholas Institute's Heat Policy Innovation Hub, discussed the policy implications for keeping children safe amid extreme heat in this NC Health News article.

Highlands County, FL, has been under numerous heat advisories or excessive heat warnings as middle and high school students gear up for fall sports. Jordan Clark, a postdoctoral associate at the Nicholas Institute's Heat Policy Innovation Hub, offered tips for athletes and coaches to the Highlands News-Sun.

Jordan Clark, a postdoctoral associate at the Nicholas Institute, joined WRAL to discuss recommendations from the Heat Policy Innovation Hub to keep student-athletes safe as they train and compete in high temperatures.

The blistering heat and enveloping humidity that has wrapped its slimy tentacles around the Southeast and beyond this summer isn’t a brief bit of sweaty misery to be tolerated. It’s a full heat season now—long and dangerous and in need of year-round attention, three Duke scholars argued Thursday during a virtual briefing for media.

A new policy brief from the Heat Policy Innovation Hub offers a comprehensive strategy for high school athletic associations to ensure the health and well-being of student-athletes as they train and compete in high temperatures.

As the start of summer ushers in an El Niño-fueled heat season, a new Duke University program aims to reduce the impacts of extreme heat on human health and well-being.