The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an air quality alert Friday, July 11, for northwest and north central Minnesota. The alert takes effect 6 a.m. and runs until 6 p.m. Friday. Heavy ...

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air quality alert for all of Minnesota until 9 a ...

Fire smoke appears to affect the immune system on a cellular level, researchers report in the journal Nature Medicine. People ...

A regional air quality alert was issued for much of Southern California as harmful levels of fine particle pollution spread ...

Wisconsin has seen more air quality advisories for wildfire smoke in 2025 thus far than in all of 2024. Here's how you can track it and keep yourself safe.

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, May 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Skies choked with wildfire smoke can affect people’s heart and lung health for up to three months afterwards, a new ...

Moreover, particle pollution can affect the body's ability to "remove inhaled foreign materials," like viruses or bacteria, the EPA says. Short-term exposure — classified by the EPA as a few ...