New research shows that inhaling polluted air for just an hour can impair cognitive abilities like attention and emotional ...

People’s ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution, potentially making everyday activities, such as the ...

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are improving weather forecasting models so that they better represent air ...

Long-term exposure to certain air pollutants significantly increased risk for venous thromboembolism, according to results of ...

Long-term exposure to PM2.5, PM10, NO2 and ozone (O3) air pollution is associated with more hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infections in adults.

Boston College’s Global Observatory on Planetary Health is first to reveal town-by-town pollution levels and health impacts, including 2,780 deaths in 2019 Air pollution remains a silent killer in ...

The World Health Organization 2024 report recently urged world leaders to “reduce pollution-related diseases and cut carbon emissions,” considering that air pollution—particularly extremely ...

One of the key changes proposed is the establishment of “cumulative impact” scores. They would represent the totality of ...

Wildfires contribute to harmful fine particle pollution, which is at levels bad for human health in the area even before the wildfires. The American Lung Association’s State of the Air report ...