Air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner for decades, adding years to people's lives and preventing millions of asthma attacks, but nearly half of Americans still live with unhealthy air pollution, a new ...

Pollution has become a global health crisis, with its effects being felt across all age groups, especially in urban and industrialised areas. It leads to both short-term and long-term health problems, ...

Short-term increases in air pollution can cause problems for a lot of people, but especially to those with diagnosed or undiagnosed heart disease. But it’s not just a potential issue for pollution ...

Exposure to wildfire smoke increases the odds of being diagnosed with dementia even more than exposure to other forms of air pollution, according to a landmark study of more than 1.2 million ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildfire smoke smothered Los Angeles in September 2020. A landmark new study finds that it increases dementia diagnoses much more ...