{"id":724717,"date":"2026-04-13T09:57:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/724717\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:57:34","slug":"maricopa-county-health-officials-confirm-first-heat-related-death-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/724717\/","title":{"rendered":"Maricopa County health officials confirm first heat-related death of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 The Maricopa County Health Department confirms the first heat-related death of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>The person is identified as a man, and no additional details, including date, time or location, will be released &#8220;to protect patient privacy,&#8221; according to the department.<\/p>\n<p>Maricopa County Health urges people to prioritize heat safety and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maricopa.gov\/2458\/Know-Your-Risk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">know your risk<\/a> for heat illness, and look out for one another, especially older adults, children, and people with chronic health conditions such as heart disease, kidney disease and diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>The Maricopa County Heat Relief Network launches on May 1, offering hydration stations, cooling centers, and respite centers across the county.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and resources to stay safe in the heat, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maricopa.gov\/1871\/Extreme-Heat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc15.com\/apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/liveplayerbanner1.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 The Maricopa County Health Department confirms the first heat-related death of the 2026 season. The person&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":724718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-724717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116396808513853571","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}