An autopsy on Saturday found that a 68-year-old woman was Cook County’s first cold-related death of the season, following recent cool weather preceding this weekend’s snowfall. Authorities didn’t ...

Each summer, we hear about the deadly and very real danger of extreme heat. But perhaps we should be paying more attention to the impacts of wintertime cold. Researchers have discovered that over the ...

In summer, as sure as the mercury rises, the media become fixated on heat waves as the poster child of climate change. Heat domes or heat waves, by any name, summer temperature spikes point to the ...