Ty O'Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) Scientists are learning more about how widespread wildfires affect human health and if there is a link between severe COVID-19 cases and regions that experience fires on a regular basis. In 2020, a record-breaking fire season in the U.S. saw more than 10.2 million acres scorched in wildfires, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Both California and Oregon had historic wildfire seasons, and several small towns were destroyed in California, Oregon and Washington, according to NOAA. The dense smoke from the wildfires produced hazardous air quality for millions of people in the U.S. for weeks, the agency said. Increases in the fine particulate matter from the wildfire smoke, the pollutant in smoke that poses the greatestrisk to health, were associated with spikes in severe COVID-19 cases and deaths in many counties in three West Coast states in 2020, according to a study published Friday in S
Wildfire smoke associated with increase in severe COVID-19 cases and death, new research suggests
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