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Article: NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES URGES NEW JERSEYANS TO TAKE CARE OF SELF, NEIGHBORS DURING EXTREME COLD
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 25, 2007
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The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services issued the following news release:
With the National Weather Service predicting extremely cold weather over the next few days, the Department of Health and Senior Services reminds residents that exposure to extremely cold temperatures for even short periods of time can cause serious medical conditions.
People should check to ensure that their families and elderly neighbors have functioning heating systems in their homes and cars and are dressing warmly when outside.
The most serious cold-related illness is hypothermia, a drop of body temperature from the normal 98.6 degrees to 95 or lower, a condition which requires immediate ...