Wildfire smoke causes acute health problems, like asthma or bronchitis, as well as long-term risks from cancer-producing ...

The extremely hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the destructive LA fires were likely due to global heating, a new ...

Smoke exposure can especially pose a problem when the smoke comes from urban areas with more than just vegetation to burn, Dr ...

In the days after the devastating wildfires, air monitors recorded some of the highest levels of air pollution in recent ...

The infernal blazes burning in Southern California are raising concerns about the potential airborne hazards they may be ...

The mental health effects of battling wildfires are enormous. But firefighters aren’t always willing to ask for help.

Experts lay bare the health effects of breathing in wildfire smoke and the steps that can be taken to reduce one's risk. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Scientists on a research boat dozens of miles from the California coast saw ash and smoke from the L.A. wildfires — and fear ...

Authorities are battling to contain a fire at a battery facility next to the Moss Landing Power Plant in California.

But smoke can also have long-term effects, and those are less well understood. As an environmental toxicologist who focuses on wildfire smoke health effects, I, along with many of my colleagues, am ...

When Todd Stadtlander, president of the Manning Fire Department arrived at a fire at Arrow Pallets on Sunday evening, he was greeted with a massive blaze. "Some of the flames were 25-30 feet high ...