Mexico study's surprising finding: Killer heat hit harder for the young than the elderly

A surprising study of temperature-related deaths in Mexico upends conventional thinking about what age group is hit hardest by heat

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Mexico study's surprising finding: Killer heat hit harder for the young than the elderly

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