A new report on air quality across the U.S. offers a cloudy prognosis on the long-term health of about 156 million residents who live in areas that received an "F" in smog and soot pollution.

Better wood and better stoves are key to getting cleaner air in Fairbanks, a cold-weather region where atmospheric inversions ...

For children already diagnosed with asthma, air pollution is a known irritant and trigger for symptoms such as wheezing, ...

A new study from Milan reveals that short-term exposure to air pollutants like black carbon and VOCs significantly alters the ...

Smog from wildfires sweeping the nation has left tens of millions more Americans to breathe toxic air even as man-made forms of pollution fall, according to a new study released Wednesday.

In a sweeping new study of more than 13,000 urban areas worldwide, researchers have mapped air pollution levels and carbon ...

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.

New Jerseyans continue to breathe some of the nation’s worst air — partly due to emissions from refineries, power plants, car traffic and wildfires. But experts told NJ Advance Media there’s ...

Exposure to both forms of pollution is linked to premature death. The findings from the American Lung Association have emerged after decades of successful efforts to reduce air pollution and in ...

It is wildfire season, which could mean more air pollution, too. Here are a few tips to protect yourself. By Adeel Hassan and Hilary Howard A vast wildfire burning across southern New Jersey is ...

Tyler Pasciak-LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share Man-made air pollution has decreased in recent years — but overall air pollution is worsening due in part to wildfires sweeping smog across the country ...