Delhi and its surrounding areas are experiencing severe air pollution with AQI levels crossing the hazardous 400 mark. This smoke-filled air is causing many respiratory problems to people including ...

You might think of lung cancer as a "smoker's disease," but new research suggests that isn't the case at all. Instead, there are several factors that have been tied to genetic mutations which can ...

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 ...

Looking back at historical data, more than a few scientists have noticed an interesting trend—during surges in industrialization, there appeared to be corresponding jumps in appendicitis cases. With ...

In November 2024, Sunita Bhosale woke up at 5:00 a.m. in excruciating pain. After Bhosale, 54, made her way to a local hospital, a doctor administered painkiller injections and intravenous drips and ...

Human-caused pollution is reaching even remote parts of the Himalayas. A new study by researchers from Aryabhatta Research ...

Researchers using cardiac MRI have found that long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with early signs of heart damage, according to a study that was published in Radiology. The research ...