Health Tip: Risk Factors for Heat Illness
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says people with these risk factors are more likely to become ill from extreme heat:
- Being elderly or very young.
- Having a chronic health condition, such as heart disease.
- Having mental illness.
- Being obese.
- Having poor circulation.
- Engaging in strenuous physical activity in extreme heat.
- Having no air conditioning at home or at the office.
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
