HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A new study from Harris County Public Health reveals how heat-related illness during Houston's summer months is on the rise. The study looks at heat-related emergency room ...

While temperatures have soared to 100 degrees and even beyond across much of the South and Southwest, the states seeing the highest numbers of heat-related ER visits are in the Northeast ...

Thomas Mushinski enjoys the shade as temperatures rise in Houston ... That's triple the average of heat-related visits they got last week. Dr. David Persse, chief medical officer for the City ...

Specifically, heat-related emergency room visits are up 329% in the county since 2019. The past two summers saw these peaks ...