Exposure to unhealthy levels of air pollution during pregnancy may prolong postpartum depression symptoms in new mothers, according to new research. A team of researchers from the University of ...

Air pollution remains a grave threat to human health, but MAHA is doing nothing about it.

Exposure to wildfire smoke increases the odds of being diagnosed with dementia even more than exposure to other forms of air pollution, according to a landmark study of more than 1.2 million ...

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 ...

A study released Wednesday shows that a significant amount of ADHD we’re seeing in children today could come from air pollution. The apparent culprit is a class of compounds called P-A-H (polycyclic ...

Scientists are finding more evidence of a new, insidious form of plastic pollution: melted plastic that has melded with rocks, coral and other naturally occurring material in coastal areas. Samples of ...

Air pollution is associated with an increased risk of developing dementia, according to a new study. Fine particles in the air can contribute to devastating forms of the disease, the research suggests ...

The particles can even find their way to your food.

10:31 a.m. July 29, 2024: A previous version of this article included an outdated percentage increase, 23%, for the odds of a dementia diagnosis. The researchers have updated the finding to 21%.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildfire smoke smothered Los Angeles in September 2020. A landmark new study finds that it increases dementia diagnoses much more ...