Danielle Rhubart interviewed for U.S. News and World Report article on extreme heat health tips

August 19, 2020

Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Lerner Postdoctoral Scholar, Danielle Rhubart, was interviewed for a U.S. News and World Report article on extreme heat health tips. "Dense concentrations of concrete and asphalt combined with a lack of vegetation reduce the cooling capabilities of evaporation," explains Danielle Rhubart, a postdoctoral fellow with the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Although it may seem surprising, the most rural U.S. areas have the second-highest rates of heat-related morality. "Higher rates of poverty and preexisting conditions, combined with less access to health care, may account for this rural disadvantage," Rhubart explains.