Children and teens are especially vulnerable to air pollution because their brains and bodies are still developing. They tend ...

Even air pollution levels considered safe by U.S. standards appear to cause differences in the brains of growing children, a ...

Pollutants from cars and power plants can travel to children's brains, causing inflammation and potential long-term ...

Outdoor air pollution from power plants, fires and cars continues to degrade human, animal and environmental health around ...

Despite decades of progress, the air quality in the United States has started to decline over the past few years, according to data in the Environmental Protection Agency's 2024 "Our Nation’s ...

In 2013, 9-year-old Ella Roberta Adoo Kissi Debrah died following a severe asthma attack. Soon after, her family began to ...

In his last State of the State address, Gov. Mike DeWine promised to address the root causes of childhood asthma. Supporting ...

Does dangerous pollution matter in terms of impacting school ... Students perform better when they are in neighborhoods with clean air and perform poorly when the air near their school is highly ...

More than 131 million people live in places with unhealthy air quality, according to the American Lung Association's 2024 State of Air report. This is an increase of 11.7 million people from the ...

If they must go outside, the kids should wear KN95 masks ... must also consider the risks of exposure to pollution,” Woolford said. “When air quality problems are expected to be temporary ...