As multiple wildfires blaze throughout Los Angeles County, more than 180,000 people have been displaced as smoke worsens the air quality in the area. Hundreds of thousands are also without power, and ...

The Los Angeles wildfires have caused devastating losses of homes and lives — and survivors may also face hidden, although still potentially very dangerous, health effects. Wildfire smoke contains a ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An aerial view shows the Palisades fire burning on Jan. 11 in the MountainGate Country Club area of Los Angeles, with smoke ...

Among healthy adults, inhaling wood smoke for 2 hours negatively impacted the lung microbiome by raising the amount of potentially harmful bacteria found 24 hours after exposure, according to a press ...

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The researchers found that for most cardiorespiratory diseases, 3-month exposure to smoke PM2.5 was associated or marginally associated with increased hospitalization risks. “Even brief exposures from ...

As firefighters continue to battle the wildfires in Michaux State Forest, the smoke is reaching beyond the bounds of Cumberland County. A post from the National Weather Service in State College showed ...

Children whose fathers experienced passive smoke exposure in childhood were significantly more likely to show impaired lung function as adults, based on data from more than 800 father-child pairs.