New research shows that PM2.5 air pollution may increase heart disease risk even at levels below current EPA regulatory ...

Air pollution is a major threat to global health. Tiny, invisible dust particles can slip into our lungs and cause serious ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. For years I did lung surgery most every day of the week. When I opened a ...

A study out of Hamilton's McMaster University looked at how exposure to common air pollutants affected the performance of ...

A study of more than 700 adults found that long term exposure to air pollution was linked to lower semantic memory scores.

On Wednesday, a massive earthquake off the eastern coast of Russia triggered a tsunami threatening Japan, Hawaii, and numerous other places already made far more dangerous by rising sea levels.

Bad air pollution and extreme heat each raise health risks, but they're worse combined. Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images On the morning news, you see the weather forecast is for ...

Think of it as Google Maps for your lungs. In 64 California communities, including more than a dozen in the Inland Empire, cars resembling the self-driven Waymo rideshare vehicles are driving precise ...