health effects. Wildfire smoke contains a "complex mixture" of fine particles that can pose hazards after just short-term exposure, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

It's led both the Biden administration and Los Angeles County to declare public health emergencies. Ali Rogin spoke with Dr. Russell Buhr, an assistant professor of medicine and public health at UCLA.

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You may not have family, friends, or property in the Southern California area that’s being ravaged by fast-moving wildfires, so you may think the fires won’t affect you. Depending on where you ...

Air quality in the Los Angeles region has plummeted because of smoke from several wildfires burning in the surrounding hills. Exposure to wildfire smoke is a growing health problem across the country, ...