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NOAA global temperature data shows a clear warming trend since 1880. Claims based on short timespans are misleading, experts say.

The dearth of data on kids’ vaccination rates by race and ethnicity are hindering targeted equity plans, experts say.

A new comprehensive study of ER visits underscores disparate health impacts of climate change on communities of color as the planet continues to warm.

Mid-atlantic and even the upper midwest. >> cold water! get your cold water! >> reporter: up and down the east coast, the heat index is pushing 100. >> extended periods of heat can kill individuals. >> reporter: in baltimore, a code red heat alert from the health department. >> were going to have a series of four really hot days, and so the effects of heat and the stress on the body are going to be cumulative. >> reporter: tourists in times square were feeling it too, where the temperatures crac...

16 people have already died since thursday when triple digit temperatures unleashed the deadly storms leaving millions without power. you see all of these states in yellow? these are the states suffering in ohio, 425,000 customers without power as of 10:00 last night. same story in virginia, same story in maryland, where hundreds of thousands of people are waiting, waiting for that electricity to flip back on. there is still really no let up in sight this morning. 20 states under heat ...