Researchers are now connecting the dots between the climate crisis and the havoc heat can wreak on developing minds.  Extreme heat and other climate calamities “impact our first and worst, our most vulnerable,” said Jennifer Runkle, an environmental epidemiologist at the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies. She is the lead author of a recent … Continue reading As the Country Heats Up, ERs May See an Influx of Young Patients Struggling With Mental Health