With wildfire seasons becoming more intense, as seen with the recent fires in Canada, the air quality indoors has never ...

Continued exposure to fine particulate matter is linked to higher levels of diffuse myocardial fibrosis, according to a study ...

Historic levels of smoke that descended on New Jersey last week from Canadian forest fires — combined with the region's chronic problem of smog — prompted hundreds to seek treatment for asthma attacks ...

Health researchers are studying respiratory impacts as climate change makes wildfires more frequent and intense across the ...

Smoke from ongoing Canadian wildfires has continued to suppress irradiance levels across Canada and the Eastern US into June, with impacts stretching as far as Europe, according to analysis using ...

Researchers are trying to get a handle on the impacts of wildfires like those in the Pine Barrens, Canada and elsewhere.

Wildfires might inadvertently increase the risk of flu and COVID-19 outbreaks, a new study argues. Sky-choking wildfire smoke tends to drive people indoors, and infectious diseases are more likely ...

Between 2009 and 2019, asthma caused about 299 deaths every year in New York. In 2014, asthma-related services for just Medicaid patients cost over $316 million, averaging $994 per visit.

CLIMATEWIRE | When wildfire smoke wafted from Canada across large swaths of the U.S. in 2023, it served as a wake-up call for federal safety experts. They drafted recommendations to protect ...

Since mid-May, wildfires across Canada have burned 9.6 million acres, prompting the evacuation of approximately 40,000 people. According to Indigenous Services Canada, a government ministry, more ...

East of Squamish, in Canada's Prairies region, some 10,000 people who had been ordered to evacuate were cleared to head home as of Friday, as fire threats eased due to favorable weather conditions.