Residents of the eastern U.S. who aren’t used to the effects of wildfires are getting firsthand exposure this week, as smoke and air pollution from fires in Canada make their way across the Midwest, ...

With wildfires raging in Canada, air quality concerns have spread across various parts of the United States, posing risks to public health. During these uncertain times, it is important to take care ...

Worried About Your Local Air Quality? Track It With These Apps Whether it's a spell of intense pollution from wildfires or you want to measure the quality of the air in your neighborhood over time, ...

If you need to be careful about what you’re breathing outside, these apps can give you useful information. If you need to be careful about what you’re breathing outside, these apps can give you useful ...

The index rates how clean or polluted the air is each day. The EPA uses this measure to keep tabs on five kinds of air pollutants. The main concern from the wildfire smoke is fine particle pollution, ...

Whether you’re concerned about wildfire smoke from Canada or other pollutants that make the air less breathable, it’s a healthy habit to always check the air quality index on your phone. Yes, it’s one ...

Smoke from Canadian wildfires has impacted the air quality throughout United States, including in the northern High Plains, Midwest, Great Lakes, southern Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast. This has ...

Air quality levels have been a source of intense interest this week. There are a number of ways to keep track of them on your phone. By Jesus Jiménez As wildfire smoke from Canada continued to drift ...

Depending on where you live, you may not have ever paid much mind to the quality of air that you're breathing. Air is air, right? What difference does it make? Well, it makes a lot of difference — ...