Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a final rule that weakens the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new veh ...

How polluted air can affect the heart and lungs. Long-term exposure to wildfire pollution may also affect survival among patients with lung cancer.

Two studies link fine particulate matter from wildfires to increased hospital admissions and lower lung cancer survival.

Doctors say lung cancer risk is shaped not only by smoking but also by second hand smoke, household smoke and polluted air.

As climate change drives more frequent and intense wildfires, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have published two large-scale studies showing that wildfire smoke may pose ...

TV LEGEND Dame Esther Rantzen has sadly died at 86 years old following a three-year battle with lung cancer. The That’s Life!

Scientists discovered blood markers that appear after exposure to air pollution. Breathing dirty air leaves a chemical trail ...

Wildfire smoke was linked to higher hospitalization risks for several heart and lung conditions.Among older adults with lung ...

“Our research shows that wildfire-related (particle pollution) appears to be more harmful than equivalent levels of pollution from other sources,” Wei said in a news release. “As wildfire activity ...

A recent study identified significant levels of air pollution — including radon — from the oil and gas industry across the Permian Basin in Eastern New Mexico and West Texas. While methane ...

According to statistics from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, lung cancer is the leading cause of death from malignant neoplasms (cancer) in Japan for both men and women combined, ranking ...