Asthma-related ER visits in the US were 17% higher than expected during Canadian wildfires, new CDC study finds

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Wildfires in Canada that caused smoke to blanket parts of the United States in recent months were linked to a significant rise in emergency hospital visits related to asthma.

Emergency department visits for asthma in the United States were 17% higher than expected when wildfire smoke occurred, according to a new study published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Living with air pollution, especially from wildfires or agriculture, raises risk of dementia, US study finds From April through August, smoke originating from wildfires in Canada affected most of the neighboring regions of the […]

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