This story was produced as a project for the 2018 Impact Fund.
Project: Sweltering in nursing home, 95-year-old succumbs to heat, as climate endangers most vulnerable
A deadly and growing threat to nursing home patients remains overlooked: extreme heat.
Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism....
Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism.
Project: Extreme Heat Killed 14 People in the Bay Area Last Year. 11 Takeaways From Our Investigation
Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism.
Project: Even in San Francisco, Heat Is Turning Deadly. That's Not Something Colleen Loughman Expected.
Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism.
Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism.
Lesson: As urban heat takes a rising toll on people’s health, a reporter strives to document the problem
Climate change is making the problem of urban heat a growing health risk. But reporting on the scope of the problem is full of challenges, as Molly Peterson explains.
As part of a Code Switch broadcast about climate change, fellow Molly Peterson reports from the most sweltering part of Los Angeles.
Some Southern California students spend their days in air conditioning, but others are not so lucky even as temperatures reach over 100 degrees. And those hot classrooms can impact kids' ability to learn.
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