According to one estimate, air pollution kills 9 million people worldwide each year – more than smoking. Rather than killing otherwise healthy people, air pollution tends to aggravate the ...

This week the EPA announced the rollback of a wide swath of regulations, many of which could worsen air quality. Experts say that could have implications for health.

When it comes to pressing environmental issues, air pollution is a common concern. The effects of air pollution on human health, specifically cardiovascular and respiratory systems, are well known.

Karolinska Institutet shows that air pollution and traffic noise together may pose a greater risk for stroke than either ...

Exposure to a high level of air pollution increases a person’s risk of developing dementia. It also contributes to other long-term conditions. Air pollution includes very small particles from traffic ...

Noise pollution is one of the types of pollution we don't often think about. The World Health Organization, CDC, and researchers worldwide have been warning against the effect it has on human ...

Shafaq Zia is a freelance science journalist and a graduate student in the Science Writing Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Previously, she was a reporting intern at STAT, where ...

A study by Manchester and Stanford scientists into the effects on fish of a 2010 oil disaster could shed new light on how air pollution affects humans’ hearts. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster ...

Apr. 1, 2025 — A new study has found that children exposed to higher levels of air pollution in early and mid childhood have weaker connections between key brain regions. The findings highlight ...