As crews continue to make progress on the Eaton and Palisades Fires, there are concerns of what repeated exposure to smoke can do to our lungs.
Unlike typical wildfires, smoke from the L.A. fires — consisting of toxic materials from burned down homes, cars, and more — ...
A chemical fire involving lithium-ion batteries has released dangerous chemicals into the air, prompting health concerns and ...
The medical community is still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, while fears for other zoonotic viruses emerge. Additionally, political agendas including strong anti-vaccination messaging and the ...
The LA wildfires have left lasting scars, from toxic air and soil to a mental health crisis. Drs Glatter and Papadakos ...
About 10% of Washington adults and 2.2% of high schoolers reported smoking cigarettes in 2022, says the American Lung ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this month released a new proposed rule requiring tobacco companies to reduce the ...
As wildfires continue to spread across the Los Angeles area, residents with asthma and other respiratory diseases face ...
Dr Zaheer Mangera shares insights into the lung cancer pathway and the benefits and challenges of early diagnosis and lung ...
It’s for this reason that in L.A., the fires aren’t “over.” The flames may have subsided (at least in some urban areas; at least for now), but the long-term effects of the fire on our health, mental ...
Zyn and the retailers who sell the product have run afoul of regulators in recent years. The FDA in April of last year warned ...
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is strongly linked to smoking, with about 80% of lung cancer deaths attributed to tobacco use.