exacerbates

"This additional heat in cities exacerbates heat stress and can increase mortality during hot periods", the agency said.

The statistic is notoriously volatile, and averaging such a short period only exacerbates its ephemerality.

Further, said Star, the lack of accurate data exacerbates health disparities.

His administration's cuts to UN aid agencies, and his dismantling of the American aid agency USAID, have also deepened the suffering of displaced and marginalised people in many regions and exacerbates tensions.

Bhattacharya and his co-author posited that “masking is a psychological stressor for children and disrupts learning,” and “it is likely that masking exacerbates the chances that a child will experience anxiety and depression.”