Friday, July 16, 2021

Wildfire smoke exposure linked to increased risk of contracting COVID-19

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/dri-wse071521.php

 

News Release 15-Jul-2021
New study finds a 17.7 percent rise in COVID-19 cases after a prolonged 2020 wildfire smoke event in Reno, Nev.
Desert Research Institute

 

Reno, Nev. (July 15, 2021) - Wildfire smoke may greatly increase susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to new research from the Center for Genomic Medicine at the Desert Research Institute (DRI), Washoe County Health District (WCHD), and Renown Health (Renown) in Reno, Nev.


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