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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Wildfires continue to burn in Canada, causing smoke to drift south into some parts of the U.S. That smoke ...

EVEN MAKE THINGS MORE DANGEROUS. >> DEMOLISHING OVER 100,000 ACRES, DISPLACING ENTIRE TOWNS, FILLING OUR SKY AND LUNGS FULL OF SMOKE. THE CDC NOW ADVISING THOSE CLOTH MASKS WE WORTON PROTECT OURSELVES ...

As smoke fills the air of California, you should probably wear an N95 mask to protect your lungs. Slight problem: There aren’t any N95 masks. As smoke billows into cities such as San Francisco and ...

Smoke that’s been blown southward from hundreds of Canadian wildfires are causing hazardous air-quality conditions across the eastern United States. With all the nasty air particles floating around, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As multiple large wildfires rage in the Bay Area, we now need to mask up for another reason. Air quality in parts of the Bay Area was the worst in the world Wednesday, with much ...

It’s tempting to compartmentalize the fires tearing through Southern California as some kind of environmental freak accident.

With fires still burning across the state, smoky air conditions have created unhealthy air qualities for nearly all regions of the Central Coast that have lingered for several days. “I have asthma so ...

As wildfires scorch Canada and smoke blankets the United States from Minnesota to New England and south to Florida, millions of people are under air-quality alerts. Face masks — the same kind used in ...

Share on Pinterest N95 face masks offer the best protection from lung damage from wildfire smoke but KN95 masks are also effective. JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images As wildfires decimate communities ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- None of us are strangers to masks these days and now, health officials are recommending we wear them until the air quality improves. You might have bags of face masks in every ...

The Associated Press checks out some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. This one is bogus, even though it was shared widely on social media. Here are the facts: ...