{
  "id": 8051235,
  "title": "Wildfire smoke may be more harmful than other air pollution, two studies find",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/wildfire-smoke-may-be-more-harmful-than-other-air-pollution-two",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-17T15:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-wildfire-air-pollution.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As climate change drives more frequent and intense wildfires, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have published two large-scale studies showing that wildfire smoke may pose greater health risks than other sources of air pollution, with higher risks of hospitalization for cardiovascular and respiratory disease and poorer survival among patients with lung cancer.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}