Dr. Jad Kebbe, a pulmonologist at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, discusses the risks of inhaling wildfire ...

Wildfires are unusual in the Carolinas, but not unheard of. The Great Fire of 1898 burned some 4,700 square miles (12,175 square kilometers) in the two states, an area roughly the size of Connecticut, ...

The Board of Health on Monday learned that town meeting will be asked to outlaw smoking in most multi-family housing. William ...

As fires burned in Los Angeles this year, newer toxin monitors found contaminants that aren’t measured by standard methods.

Research shows harmful chemicals released by burning vegetation and homes can return to the air months after the blazes are ...

Henderson County is under a Code Red Air Quality Day for Thursday, March 27 due to smoke impacts from ongoing wildfires, according to the forecast from the North Carolina Division of Air Quality. This ...

Photosynthesis — the ancient process that feeds us and cools the planet — is under pressure from pollution, plastic, and ...

The Board of Alders passed and Mayor Justin Elicker signed new restrictions on tobacco and vape retailers, prohibiting almost ...

In addition to activating Google Messages Screen Effects by using certain text phrases, the animations are also called up by ...

Pacific Palisades was burning to ash. “As far as the eye could see, homes were on fire, everywhere,” said firefighter Joseph Field, 50, who’s been with the Los Angeles Fire Department for more than 25 ...