A warmer climate is driving more incidents of wildfires. Wildfire smoke harms health. Climate change is a #publichealth crisis.
University of Maryland, BaltimoreNew research from @umsop's Zafar Zafari, PhD, found a 6-day wildfire smoke event in 2023 was associated with a ~20% increase in cardiopulmonary hospital events and an estimated $2.4M in hospital and societal costs. https://ow.ly/6jM350ZvSKA