Fog and smog may look similar at first glance, but they are very different in origin, composition, and impact on health. While fog is a natural weather phenomenon, smog is a harmful, human-made ...

Nashville's ozone smog got a failing grade in a new study by the American Lung Association.

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Air pollution from oil and gas is causing 91,000 premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of health issues across the United States annually, with Black, Asian, Native American and Hispanic groups ...

Exposure to air pollution may directly increase your risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study. In the study, published Feb. 17 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine, researchers found ...

Air pollution is a major risk factor for respiratory infections in children, with prenatal and postnatal exposure increasing vulnerability. Key pollutants include particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, ...

Every year, air pollution causes an estimated 6.7 million premature deaths, according to the World Health Organization. Studies from the European Environment Agency and the Center for Research on ...

Following the massive fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill over the weekend, thick smog has caused the deterioration of air ...

Air pollution is associated with increased migraine activity, according to a study published on April 15, 2026, in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Both short-term ...

Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has revealed that air pollution claims about seven million lives annually, more than malaria and HIV combined, making it the world’s leading ...