Buns in ovens: heatwaves and maternal health

烤箱中的面包:高温与孕产妇健康

The Intelligence from The Economist

2025-09-09

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There is a growing awareness of how high temperatures affect expectant mothers and their babies. We look at the evidence for a climate-change effect that is already manifest. Marks and Spencer, a beloved retail chain, is emerging from sales slumps and recovering handily from a cyber-attack. And the policy moves to address India's notoriously gridlocked roads.
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  • The Economist.

  • Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

  • I'm Rosie Bloor.

  • And I'm Jason Palmer.

  • Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

  • Marks and Spencer's is as British as T and the Queen.

  • But like some other of the UK's iconic institutions, it's had its share of troubles along the way.

  • Our correspondent ventures in for a Percy pig.

  • And India's roads are just jam-packed.

  • But not only with cars.

  • In fact, not even mostly cars.

  • Our correspondent takes us into the filthy cacophony to examine some efforts at making streets a bit more navigable.

  • But first...

  • It's pretty clear that climate change is bad for health.

  • Take the heat.

  • Humans have to maintain a pretty constant temperature to function properly.

  • The hotter it gets, the harder the body has to work to cool itself down.

  • If you're healthy, that puts your body under undue strain.

  • For people facing chronic conditions, it can be fatal.

  • Floods to rec sanitation systems.