Hypothermia: why most deaths are preventable

New research into the cold weather killer suggests health authorities need to start taking action much earlier in the seasonEarlier this month the cold snap across Europe claimed more than 60 lives. In Poland temperatures fell to below -30°C in some regions and 10 people died of the cold on 8 January alone. Meanwhile in Greece and Turkey refugees and homeless people suffered greatly in the unseasonably heavy snow. The sad thing is that almost all of these deaths were preventable.
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