A child's blood pressure may be influenced by exposure to air pollution before and shortly after birth, according to a study ...

On New Year's Day, several people messaged me to ask if I had noticed how bad the air quality was in Phoenix after the previous night's firework celebrations. It was plain to see that day. Particulate ...

Doctors at India TV's Pollution Ka Solution Conclave warn that rising air pollution is acting like a slow poison for pregnant ...

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 ...

Air pollution could be harming children’s eyesight with cleaner air helping to protect their vision, researchers have found. Harmful emissions such as nitrogen dioxide have already been linked to ...

For a long time, screens have taken most of the blame for declining eyesight among children. Doctors, however, are now drawing attention to another factor that often goes unnoticed: polluted city air.

Babies exposed to air and light pollution have a higher risk of childhood thyroid cancer Thyroid cancer risk increased with exposure to particle pollution Exposure to light pollution increased thyroid ...

Shelby County, TN, ranks high in childhood asthma-related ER visits and hospitalizations, and received an "F" for ozone pollution. Children are particularly vulnerable to air pollution due to their ...

Changes in Body Mass Index (BMI) during adolescence play an important role in the association between air pollution exposure and insulin resistance, according to a new study led by investigators from ...