A new study is linking air pollution to the global amount of antibiotic resistance, when medicines used to treat bacterial infections become less effective. Scientists found a connection between the ...

In the 1990s, residents of Mexico City noticed their dogs acting strangely — some didn’t recognize their owners, and the animals’ sleep patterns had changed. At the time, the sprawling, ...

During the Utah winters, you can step outside and see a hazy cloud hovering over the valley. Contaminants or chemicals in the air come from a mix of human and natural sources and can harm our health.

People with greater exposure to air pollution could face a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by Emory University in Atlanta. Air pollution has previously been ...

Pollution affects the whole planet, causing diseases and premature deaths all around the world. Even if you live in a seemingly green city, it still might not be 100% ecologically safe. We can try to ...

As Delhi residents once again gasp under dangerously high AQI levels, most conversations understandably focus on asthma, heart attacks, or long-term lung damage. But emerging research and expert ...

You might think of lung cancer as a "smoker's disease," but new research suggests that isn't the case at all. Instead, there are several factors that have been tied to genetic mutations which can ...

Air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner for decades, adding years to people's lives and preventing millions of asthma attacks, but nearly half of Americans still live with unhealthy air pollution, a new ...

Previous reports have linked long-term air pollution exposure with accumulation of Alzheimer's disease-related brain plaques, but this is the first accumulated evidence that reducing pollution, ...

Exposure to air pollution is fueling fluctuations in mood among many Americans, but precisely how these emotional responses take shape varies greatly from individual to individual, a new study has ...

Images from cardiac MRI native T1 mapping show that higher long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution is associated with higher extent of myocardial fibrosis. OAK BROOK, Ill. – Researchers ...