Early on in the pandemic, as the federal government moved at breakneck speed to respond to a global health crisis, it issued rush orders for these Mobile Health Units.
Modelling study has lessons for other countries as it highlights the population-level impacts of exposure to ionizing radiation from the widely used imaging test.
Though more research is needed on why there were fewer asthma visits during the later wave of wildfire smoke, the authors believe public awareness during the first wave, including air quality advisories, led people to take measures to protect themselves.