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Wirecutter's Extreme Heat Guide

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Extreme Heat Affects Everyone. This Gear Can Help Keep You Safe.

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Image of a scorching sun and a thermometer registering extreme heat temperature.

SCORCH Multiple Principal Investigator Dr. Mona Arora is featured in the NYT Wirecutter article Extreme Heat Affects Everyone in which journalist Colleen Hagerty provides advice and tested items to help readers better understand their risk profile and begin to formulate a heat-mitigation plan. Experts in medicine, community health, public health, and the disability community helped to inform this extreme heat guide. Read the Wirecutter guide published June 30, 2026 here

(Also access Don't Overheat: Know Your Medications Information Sheet for Individuals and other resources developed by the AZ Heat & Medications Taskforce here.)