Heat Check: K-State health official urges Kansans to prepare now for hotter days

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Folks who live in the Midwest typically are well aware of such spring and summer weather-related dangers as tornadoes, floods, hail, lightning and even wildfire. Heat? “Well, that one can be a bit more tricky,” says Elaine Johannes, the Kansas Health Foundation’s Distinguished Professor of Community Health at Kansas State University. Johannes says t...

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