How Wildfires Affect Your Health

[Still Waters]

Wildfires have charred over 7.6 million acres in dramatic blazes in the United States so far this year, but that may not be so unusual in coming years: The risk of similar "very large" wildfires is expected to increase sixfold by mid-century, according to a new study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

What toll will those fires take on our health? Early research provides a glimpse of what it could mean.

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