Pulmonologist Dr Sandhya explains how poor AQI exposure in childhood can increase adult cancer risk; suggests ways to safeguard children's long-term health.

Knowing how to read the EPA's Air Quality Index can help you understand whether smoke from numerous Canadian wildfires makes it hazardous to breathe outside air. "The AQI is an index for reporting ...

Using an air purifier nightly could improve sleep and reduce blood pressure for some people. Experts recommend choosing a ...

We are exposed to air pollution daily. When we step outside, we inhale pollutants from particulate matter (such as smoke or dust), burning fossil fuels, wildfires and more. For Lung Cancer Awareness ...

Motorists drive on Coal Street in Wilkes-Barre Monday afternoon. The air quality index for Wilkes-Barre Monday afternoon was 125, meaning that ‘sensitive groups should take precautions by reducing ...

For updates on local air restrictions, the alert directs Oregonians to the state Department of Environmental Quality.

You probably check the outdoor air quality index before opening a window or going for a run, right? Yet here's something most ...

Pockets of fine particle pollution across areas in both states have reached “unhealthy” levels, according to the EPA.