This winter has had absolutely no chill. The US has been experiencing intense, record-setting cold and persistent, widespread ...

As temperatures plunge during the winter months, health experts are reminding the public to take frostbite seriously—a ...

Winter weather can bring dangers such as frostbite, hypothermia, carbon monoxide poisoning, and frozen pipes, but people can prepare to stay safe by wearing appropriate clothing, avoiding wind gusts, ...

Heading outside for some wintertime fun like sledding, throwing snowballs or ice skating can be a sure-fire cure for cabin fever. It's also a great way for kids to get the 60 minutes of daily exercise ...

With winter's official start on Dec. 21, and with the Farmer's Almanac predicting early January to bring the coldest of winter's seasonal temperatures to New York, it's important to know how to ...

The risks of frostbite and hypothermia increase as temperatures drop below freezing for extended periods and wind chills ...

Signs of frostbite include your skin starting to turn red, then the skin loses its color and looks blanched or waxy. You’ll feel a tingly, prickly feeling and numbness.

Strong winds can make it feel a lot colder than the thermometer suggests. Protect yourself by covering exposed skin and ...

Symptoms include changes to the skin, including blisters, persistent redness, numbness, burning, and itching, which are all ...

To prevent these dangers, avoid cotton as a base layer and ensure extremities are well covered. “So our base layer, we don’t ...

"If you start experiencing any of those symptoms, make sure you get into a warm space, you want to try and get it again nice ...

A Sudbury woman is using her construction know-how to engineer a building material that may save people living outside from losing extremities due to extreme cold.