Being on income assistance makes a person almost 2 1/2 times more likely to die during a heat wave, according to a new study from the BC Centre for Disease Control. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published Aug. 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/08/07/Poverty-Likelihood-Dying-Heat/

Poverty More than Doubles Your Likelihood of Dying from Heat

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