Air quality levels are harmful for sensitive populations in parts of Nebraska, and children are urged to stay indoors.

Smoke from controlled burning in the Flint Hills in Kansas is drifting into Nebraska and may affect air quality.

Since the end of the 20th century, air pollution from most U.S. sources has decreased, but emissions from wildland fires have ...

A third of Americans still breathe unhealthy air after decades of improvements—which the Trump administration wants to roll ...

Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, would direct the EPA to allocate grant money to local air pollution agencies to communicate ...

The effects of childhood exposure to poor air quality may be small for the individual, but at a population level, they could have major consequences on the workforce.

As fires burned in Los Angeles this year, newer toxin monitors found contaminants that aren’t measured by standard methods. Now scientists and officials are pushing for better detection ...

8, 2025 — Researchers estimated that smoke from wildfires and prescribed burns caused $200 billion in health damages in 2017, and that these were associated ... Exposure to Air Pollution May ...

The link between air pollution and cognition is clear, with evidence showing pollutants affect brain development and increase neurodegenerative disease risk.

Recent data reveals a disturbing trend – a significant rise in underweight and asthmatic babies, directly linked to the toxic ...

SYDNEY, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Bushfire smoke significantly increases the risk of hospitalization for respiratory illnesses, more so than other types of air pollution, according to a study led by ...

Apr. 7, 2025 — Long-term exposure to high levels of air pollution may harm the brain health of older adults in England, finds a new ... Exposure to Wildfire Smoke Linked With Worsening Mental ...