Wildfire Smoke

The deadly coronavirus adds new uncertainties, while a growing body of research shows significant and enduring health risks from wildfire smoke.

Orange skies, winds gusting up to 70 mph, smoke tornadoes and hazardous air. While it could be an apocalyptic scene out of a movie, it has become the reality of Colorado's wildfire season. The blazes have burned the second-most acreage since 2000 and included the state's three largest on record.

A new study suggests smoke from wildfires is more dangerous than other air pollutants for asthma patients.

A research effort to see how long it takes people to recover from living with hazardous levels of wildfire smoke for seven weeks still hasn't determined the answer.

Dr. Fernando Holguin, professor of medicine specializing in pulmonary sciences at University of Colorado Anschutz joined Colorado Edition to discuss the impact that wildfire smoke can have on our lungs.

For days now, wildfire smoke has degraded the air quality in much of the Mountain West, and that unhealthy air is forcing tough decisions for schools that are trying to reopen.

Skies are hazy across the region thanks to the many wildfires burning in the West, and that smoke is more dangerous during the pandemic.

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Wildfire smoke reached dangerous levels across the Mountain West Monday. Eastern Washington had the worst air in the country and all 56 counties in...