We love cozying up inside when the temperature plummets. But sealing our homes to block the chill increases exposure to airborne pollutants. In fact, you may not even realize that the air quality in ...

Ash and particulate from a wildfire obscure the Los Angeles skyline as seen from Griffith Observatory in August 2021. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Declaring that current standards are no ...

MACH Engineering reports that industrial air pollution harms economies by increasing healthcare costs and reducing productivity, impacting agriculture and infrastructure.

Latino children living in regions with high levels of air pollution have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to research recently published in the journal Diabetes. For the study, ...

A new global study links air pollution to an increased risk for type 2 diabetes – a troubling finding particularly for California's Central Valley, with its notoriously high levels of hazardous ...

A recent study has analyzed the relationship between different air pollutants and the main subtypes of lung cancer.

Researchers from Emory University received two separate grants, totaling $15 million, from the NIH to lead a multifaceted study into why specific types of air pollution increase the risk of ...

The scientist Stephen Hawking lived with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common type of motor neuron disease, for 55 years. He was one of the longest-surviving people with the condition.