You might think of lung cancer as a "smoker's disease," but new research suggests that isn't the case at all. Instead, there are several factors that have been tied to genetic mutations which can ...

Air pollution ranks among the world's deadliest threats, causing an estimated 8 million deaths in 2021, according to a recent analysis from a United Nations partnership. That same year, pollutants ...

In November 2024, Sunita Bhosale woke up at 5:00 a.m. in excruciating pain. After Bhosale, 54, made her way to a local hospital, a doctor administered painkiller injections and intravenous drips and ...

Images from cardiac MRI native T1 mapping show that higher long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution is associated with higher extent of myocardial fibrosis. OAK BROOK, Ill. – Researchers ...

Almost half of everyone who lives in the United States breathes unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report, released Wednesday.

Using scented products indoors changes the chemistry of the air, producing as much air pollution as car exhaust does outside, according to a new study. Researchers say that breathing in these ...

Air pollution could worsen Alzheimer’s and dementia symptoms, according to a new study. Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found that air pollution ...

Air pollution is widely recognized as a public health hazard, but its role in workplace safety is often underestimated. A new ...

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Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has revealed that air pollution claims about seven million lives annually, more than malaria and HIV combined, making it the world’s leading ...

MONTRÉAL — L’indice de la qualité de l’air était mauvais depuis quelques jours au Québec, et bien que la situation s'améliore mercredi, des effets néfastes sur la santé peuvent perdurer à long terme.

PEOPLE ARE dying for clean air. According to the most recent estimates from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, air pollution caused 4.7m early deaths ...