More than 75 million people in the eastern US were under air quality alerts as wildfire smoke shrouded major cities.
People with chronic lung and heart conditions should continue to monitor air quality, CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen said.
CNN: What are the short-term health effects of wildfire smoke inhalation?
And there is research that has linked wildfire smoke exposure events to an increase in influenza months later, suggesting that there could be lagging effects.
CNN: If people were exposed for a few days to bad air quality, should they be worried about long-term consequences?
Persons:
Leana Wen, Wen, we’ve, Mandel Ngan
Organizations:
CNN, UN, Program, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, Getty
Locations:
Canada, York, Washington, AFP