Here’s why an Arizona medical examiner is working to track heat-related deaths

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Published on September 16, 2026 • Originally reported by Alejandra Borunda. OMEGAZEPRIME provides independent news coverage and analysis for our readers. Stay informed with the latest developments.
Pima County Medical Examiner Greg Hess at his office in Tucson, Ariz. Hess and another Arizona-based medical examiner are rethinking how to catalog and count heat-related deaths, a major step toward understanding the growing impacts of heat.

No one across the U.S. is consistently tracking climate-fueled deaths. One medical examiner has a new protocol on heat-deaths.

(Image credit: Cassidy Araiza for NPR)

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