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Is there a link between wildfires and infectious diseases?

Fueled by new evidence that wildfire smoke can carry living microbes and is associated with a local increase in COVID-19 cases, scientists wonder if smoke might spread infectious diseases and worsen their effects

by Benjamin Plackett, special to C&EN
December 6, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 45

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