{
  "id": 897714,
  "title": "UN publication reveals 4 in 10 adults in England take no action to protect themselves in response to heat alerts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/un-publication-reveals-4-in-10-adults-in-england-take-no-action-to",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-14T17:40:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-reveals-adults-england-action-response.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As temperatures continue to soar and amber heat-health alerts are issued across England, warnings are reaching the public but still failing to change behavior. A new investigation by United Nations University experts finds that among adults in England who saw a Heat Health Alert, 41% took no action to protect themselves. The most common reason was not confusion or inconvenience. It was that they…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Medical Xpress",
        "title": "1 in 6 adults in England report persistent loneliness",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/1-in-6-adults-in-england-report-persistent-loneliness",
        "published": "2026-08-14T12:00:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}