Millions of people across the US and Canada experienced some of the worst air quality in the world last week as smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed towns and cities with thick, orange smog. In New ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Piggybacking on a major national study, scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and several other centers will try to determine the degree to which air pollution ...

Air pollution appears to cause or contribute to a variety of health conditions. The effects of air pollution on a person’s health can range from mild breathing difficulties to severe cardiovascular ...

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.

India’s air pollution crisis isn’t seasonal or farmer-driven—it’s structural. From urban consumption to extractive growth, ...

Extreme heat is making air pollution worse, scientists say. And President Trump’s regulatory rollbacks could drive air pollution even higher. By Claire Brown and Christina Kelso The heat dome that is ...

Mr. Appelbaum is a member of the editorial board. In the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, doctors noticed a surprising silver lining: Americans were having fewer heart attacks. One ...