Construction workers take a break under a shade canopy at a jobsite. Contractors are emphasizing hydration, cooling areas, schedule adjustments and worker acclimatization as early-season heat drives ...

Across the state the heat-acclimatization period has begun for high school football teams. Schools must have 5 consecutive days of heat acclimatization prior to their first contact drills next week.

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Home to five of the past six TSSAA Division II-AAA high school football state championships, McCallie is ready to kick things up a notch this week in preparation for the regular season. With just over ...

Heat rarely gets treated with the same operational seriousness as other workplace hazards, despite causing more occupational ...

Welcome to Heat Week. From July 1 until July 5, Chron is looking at how heat has defined our lives in Houston and Texas—the good, the bad and the sweaty. Few places are hotter for high school athletes ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s review of 20 heat-related enforcement cases from 2012 to 2013. The key finding: ...

Two All-Region tennis players captured singles championships at the Scranton Tennis Club Junior Tennis Tournament this summer. Abington Heights graduate Susan Arp won the Girls 18U title with a win ...

Heat-related illnesses occur when the body is unable to cool itself effectively. Normally, the body regulates temperature ...

Through the first two practices of the heat acclimatization period, helmets are the only protective equipment allowed to be ...