Gasp! Wildfires cause hacking and wheezing across the South
Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 17:31
in Health & Medicine
Asthma sufferers and others with breathing problems are turning up at hospitals and doctors' waiting rooms, wheezing and hacking. Schoolchildren are being kept inside at recess. And people whose lungs are easily irritated are being told to close the windows and run the air conditioner if they have one.