Many people choose to wear an N95 mask as a way to reduce exposure to harmful viruses and airborne toxins or pollutants.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- None of us are strangers to masks these days and now, health officials are recommending we wear them until the air quality improves. You might have bags of face masks in every ...

Smoke that’s been blown southward from hundreds of Canadian wildfires are causing hazardous air-quality conditions across the eastern United States. With all the nasty air particles floating around, ...

(KTLA) – As drought-plagued Western states enter peak wildfire season, you may be wondering if all those COVID-19 masks you have laying around will also protect you from fire smoke. The short answer: ...

The devastating wildfires that have ravaged parts of California brought with them plumes of smoke, shrouding some communities in a soupy black fog. Air pollution like that is full of tiny particles ...

"The health impacts of a wildfire can affect communities even miles away from the fire," says Allie Kelleher, Direct Relief Program Manager. Juliet is your community news reporter covering the South ...

The smoke is has cleared from New York City earlier this month, but it’s now rolling into Chicago. A closely tracked global website, IQ Air, ranked Chicago as the worst city for air quality in the ...

As heavy smoke from the Oak Fire near Yosemite spews out over California and parts of Nevada, you may be wondering if all those COVID-19 masks you have laying around will also protect you from fire ...