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  "description": "Thursday online gathering takes on extreme heat, the leading weather-related killer in the United States. ",
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  "textContent": "Extreme heat is the **leading cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S.** , and Texas is at the epicenter. This Summit will bring clinicians, public health professionals, advocates, and policymakers together to address extreme heat as the **urgent public health crisis it is** —and to advance practical, prevention-focused solutions that save lives.\n\nThe Summit will feature:\n\n  * **Clinical perspectives across the lifespan** , including impacts during pregnancy, among student athletes, vulnerable adults, and older Texans\n  * A **midday keynote by Dr. Rose Jones** , medical anthropologist, presenting ethnographic research with Texans who have survived extreme heat exposure\n  * **Afternoon panels** with nonprofit advocates, municipal officials, and public health leaders focused on policy and community-level strategies to reduce heat-related illness and deaths\n\nDeceleration __Founder and Managing Editor Greg Harman will present at 12:55pm as part of the \"Innovative Strategies from the Nonprofit Sector\" panel.__\n\n## Sign up for Deceleration\n\nDeceleration is an online journal of environmental justice growing solutions to an overheating world.\n\nSubscribe\n\nEmail sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup.\n\nNo spam. Unsubscribe anytime.\n\nMore Events",
  "title": "First Annual Heat Summit Convened by Physicians for Social Responsibility",
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