As a pulmonologist, I’m disheartened during hot, polluted summer days when my patients tell me the air is making it harder for them to breathe — and even worse, when it sends someone to the hospital. Much of the time, the dangerous pollution levels result from a combination of wildfire smoke that can travel hundreds […]

Dr. Tony Gerber
Dr. Tony Gerber is a pulmonologist and a Professor of Medicine at National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado. He is chairman of the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission. The views expressed here are his personal opinions.