Publication: Bakersfield Californian

UCLA Expert: David Eisenman: Professor-in-Residence, Department of Community Health Sciences; Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine; Deputy Director for Community Partnerships, Center for Healthy Climate Solutions

Synopsis: A new UCLA heat map, which includes 10 years’ worth of emergency room data by ZIP code, is highlighted in the article.

UCLA News: Eisenman said in an interview that people living in different parts of Kern do experience extreme heat in different ways. Some are more likely to end up going to a hospital because of problems like asthma, kidney disease and diabetes, he added.

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