Public Health

As wildfires intensify and more people move to fire-prone areas, health and forestland experts are searching for ways to protect people from breathing in smoke.

Like a smoky umbrella, wildfire smoke particles blocked incoming solar radiation, cooling the areas below. However, the cooling smoke layer also trapped harmful airborne contaminants.

Researchers found that wildfire survivors were less likely to stick with choices that offered greater long-term rewards.

For days after they had fought the fearsome Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires, some firefighters had extremely high lead and mercury levels in their blood, reports the New York Times.

Exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke was associated with increased visits to emergency departments (ED) for mental health conditions, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Los recientes incendios en Los Ángeles han afectado gravemente a diversas comunidades, con un impacto significativo en la población hispana.

The smoke from fires that blaze through the wildland-urban interface (WUI) has far greater health impacts than smoke from wildfires in remote areas, new research finds.

A new study found that patients recovering from lung cancer surgery in a facility near an active wildfire stayed in the hospital longer than similar patients in the same facility when there were no wildfires.