People had a 1.4% higher risk of heart failure for every 1 microgram per cubic meter increase in their exposure to particle pollution from wildfires, researchers report in the Journal of the American ...

The eerie scenes of orange skies have returned as Midwest cities like Chicago and Detroit, plus much of the Great Lakes region, found themselves shrouded in smoke from Canadian wildfires this week.

Among the complex mix of particles that make up wildfire smoke, an abundant but thus far unknown kind has been shown to trap a surprising amount of heat, according to new research. These results ...

Wildfire smoke now accounts for up to half of all fine-particle pollution in the Western U.S., according to a new study that blames climate change for worsening air quality and health risks in both ...

Maine's air quality continues to suffer from lingering Canadian wildfire smoke. We asked health experts why exposure to smoky air is so harmful to our health. Wildfire smoke contains a cocktail of ...

Wildfire smoke spreading from Canada have resulted in multiple alerts across nearly a dozen states this summer. And while these Canadian fires are largely contained, they’re far from the only problem.

WASHINGTON — Washington’s smoky summer wildfire season seems like a distant memory. Although the smoke has cleared, the impacts stay with us. And it's because of that wildfire smoke that nearly a ...

The ongoing wildfires in the western US have spewed so much smoke that they’ve darkened the skylines of cities as far away as New York and Washington, DC. For those living near the fires, the health ...