People with a lung condition are among those particularly vulnerable to bushfire smoke. But you can prepare for the season ahead.
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Answers to some of the most common questions about wildfire smoke, health risks and the air quality situation affecting most of North America.
In 2020, with adult ICUs at risk of being overwhelmed, we wore masks and accepted restrictions. Now pediatric intensive care is at risk. Will leaders follow the evidence and tell us to mask up?
Despite the halt to the federal mask mandate for mass transit, people may still choose to protect themselves. For those who do, the type of mask and how well it fits matter.
The CDC’s updated mask guidelines say that cloth masks offer the least protection from COVID-19. Differences in the materials masks are made from and the ways they fit are the reason.
How well your mask works depends on how well it fits. Wearing two snug masks made of different materials offers 95% protection from exposure to aerosols that could contain the coronavirus.
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Assistant Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University
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Professor of Medicine, Epidemiologist, Physician, McMaster University
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Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
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