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Wildfire smoke may have contributed to thousands of extra COVID-19 cases and deaths in western U.S. in 2020

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Thousands of COVID-19 cases and deaths in California, Oregon, and Washington between March and December 2020 may be attributable to increases in fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke, according to a new study.

Source: ScienceDaily.com