A study conducted by researchers at the Center for Redox Processes in Biomedicine (Redoxoma) has shown that ATP-sensitive ...

Overall, keeping your heat set to 68°F to 70°F during the day, and 7°F to 10°F lower when you're not home, is the best way to ...

When it’s time to heat your home, what should you set the thermostat to? The first frost warnings are in effect at the beginning of October; a chilling reminder it’s almost heating season. Local ...

Governments around the world are enacting measures to try to protect workers from the dangers of heat stress. They’re barely keeping up with the risks. By Somini Sengupta and Hisako Ueno Somini ...

Summer heat in New York City beats down on asphalt and tall buildings, which get hotter, scorching the locals, who can’t stop sweating. Exhaust from trucks and cars hangs in the air and the subway ...

If you are living in one of many areas of the U.S. currently experiencing a heat wave, your outdoor thermometer may say it's in the 90s, but your local weather station tells you it feels like triple ...

Nicole Brown Chau is a deputy managing editor for CBSNews.com. She writes and edits national news, health stories, explainers and more. The extreme heat that has baked much of the central United ...

During the hot, humid summer months, meteorologists often discuss the heat index instead of the actual air temperature. But how is the heat index calculated, and why is it more important than the air ...

With apologies to Glenn Frey, the “Heat Is On” as summer is in full blast in western Colorado. On May 31, Grand Junction recorded a record high of 95 degrees. And Grand Junction hit 100 degrees twice ...

A heat dome is impacting a large portion of the U.S. with extreme heat warnings, watches, or advisories. The entire state of Florida is under a heat advisory, with heat index values expected to reach ...

WASHINGTON – Temperatures have already surpassed 110 degrees in Arizona this summer and for yet another season, most workers have few legal safeguards to protect them from the sweltering heat. The ...

During a widespread heat wave, the ideal thermostat setting depends on individual comfort, health conditions, home insulation, other cooling methods, and budget. While 78 degrees is often cited as ...