Canadian wildfire smoke caused major jump In asthma ER visit

(Atlanta, GA) -- Recent Canadian wildfire smoke is blamed for a major jump in asthma-related trips to the emergency room. The CDC says researchers found that ER visits were 17-percent higher than usual in areas where wildfire smoke enveloped the region triggering air quality alerts between April and August. That included Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland,

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