Better buildings could help protect older adults vulnerable to climate change

Older adults are vulnerable in a warming climate. Better buildings could help protect them Older adults are living in a world that wasn’t built for them. STAT Wunderkind Amir Baniassadi is working to change that. Sarah Todd STAT

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In the coming years of mounting climate change, people around the world — particularly older adults — are expected to be similarly vulnerable. But though scientists know a lot about heat, from how it can cause long-term organ damage and death to how some populations are more susceptible than others, they know less about how it impacts people indoors in their own homes.

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