Inhaling the smoke could complicate the effects of anesthesia on surgical patients, and it also might hamper their recovery, researchers reported Wednesday in the journal Anesthesiology.

Wildfire smoke can pose hazards from particle pollution even after only short-term exposure. Experts reveal common symptoms and offer strategies to reduce the risk.

Exposure to wood smoke can have different effects on the respiratory immune systems of men and women -- effects that may be obscured when data from men and women are lumped together, according to ...

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air quality alert for all of Minnesota until 9 a ...

Smoke from Canadian wildfires reached well past Washington D.C. this summer. The long-term effects of smoke exposure, or how much worse heavy smoke is than mild conditions, are still open questions.

Wisconsin has seen more air quality advisories for wildfire smoke in 2025 thus far than in all of 2024. Here's how you can track it and keep yourself safe.

WHAT TO KNOW The long-term health effects of wildfire smoke should be studied since there might be more frequent events in the coming years, health experts said.; Scientists know that exposure to ...