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The primary health concern from wildfire smoke comes from the amount of very fine particulates in the air, smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter. The measure of this is commonly abbreviated as PM2.5.

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Senate leader Schumer calls Canadian wildfires ‘unprecedented,’ warns of climate change impact

Wed, 2023-06-07 12:26 — mike kraft

Schumer calls Canadian wildfires ‘unprecedented,’ warns of climate change impact Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called the Canadian wildfires “truly unprecedented,” in floor remarks on Wednesday, and warned of the ongoing damage caused by climate change. “T… sfortinsky The Hill

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Canadian wildfires lead to air quality alerts un U.S. and advice on how to stay safe

Wed, 2023-06-07 12:01 — mike kraft

Canada wildfires are leading to air-quality alerts in US. Here's how to stay safe Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. Wind has carried smoke from the fires southward, triggering air quality alerts throughout the United States. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday issued a poor air quality alert for New England, a day after parts of Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota received a similar advisory. Last week, U.S. officials as far south as Maryland, Baltimore, Virginia and Pennsylvania reported being impacted by the wildfires.

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Canadian farms site of 64 COVID-19 outbreaks in 2020, most tied to greenhouses

Tue, 2023-06-06 09:32 — mike kraft

Canadian farms site of 64 COVID-19 outbreaks in 2020, most tied to greenhouses The events were tied to 2,022 COVID-19 cases, and 58% of outbreaks occurred on farms classified as greenhouses. CIDRAP

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Paxlovid slashed risk of COVID hospital stay in unvaccinated patients -- Canadian study

Mon, 2023-05-08 17:12 — mike kraft

Paxlovid slashed risk of COVID hospital stay in some patients amid Omicron, study suggests CIDRAP

The antiviral drug Paxlovid was tied to a 96% lower relative risk (RR) of COVID-19 hospitalization among high-risk outpatients who didn't complete a primary vaccination series but didn't benefit those who had received at least two doses amid the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, according to a real-world study published yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

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