The L.A. wildfires have coincided with a 16-fold rise in hospital visits for fire-related injuries, such as burns and smoke exposure. Although the smoke’s immediate effect has begun to dissipate, ...

Being exposed to lingering fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) from wildfire smoke can have health effects for up to three months afterwards, well beyond the couple of days that previous studies have ...

Wildfires are becoming more frequent, extreme and destructive in the United States, especially in western states like California. Major wildfires leave a trail of destruction in their wake, putting ...