Hot Weather Raises Risk of Early Childbirth, Study Finds

The Guardian

Hot weather increases the risk of early childbirth, which in turn is linked to worse health and developmental outcomes for children, a major new study published in Nature Climate Change says. In the U.S., about 25,000 babies were born up to two weeks early each year as a result of heatwaves between 1969 and 1988, the study found.

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