Maine's air quality continues to suffer from lingering Canadian wildfire smoke. We asked health experts why exposure to smoky air is so harmful to our health. Wildfire smoke contains a cocktail of ...

The ongoing wildfires in the western US have spewed so much smoke that they’ve darkened the skylines of cities as far away as New York and Washington, DC. For those living near the fires, the health ...

The particle pollution created by wildfires continues to increase people’s risk of hospitalization for months after the smoke clears, researchers reported May 28 in the journal Epidemiology. “Even ...

Wildfire smoke contains small particles that can get into the airways and deep into the lungs, causing irritation and inflammation. The particles, a fraction of the width of a human hair, can even ...

The team believes that evacuation efforts and media coverage of local wildfires may have helped protect residents from adverse health effects of smoke exposure as well as direct impacts of the fires.

York County, along with the rest of the state and much of the East Coast, dwelled beneath an overhanging haze Wednesday caused by wildfires in Quebec that made air unhealthy for all residents. By ...

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People had an increased risk of hospitalization for heart or lung problems up to three months after the smoke cleared The risk rises with the amount of smoke in the air FRIDAY, May 30, 2025 (HealthDay ...