A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that for several days during the fires, lead levels in the air just south of the Eaton Canyon Fire increased roughly 110-fold ...

As global warming spreads pests, diseases and toxins, new programs are developing to help medical professionals look at their ...

The American Lung Association’s latest report on York County's air quality won't have anyone breathing a sigh of relief.

A team of researchers say they want to look at what exposure to toxins from thousands of burned structures does to people ...

The total area burned in the recent Los Angeles fires is comparable to that of the primary destruction zone of a strategic ...

Toxics in the air from urban wildfires may include dioxins, asbestos, and lead. But testing, until recently, for these air ...

New data reveals how Los Angeles County wildfires affected emergency department visits, with a sharp increase in wildfire-associated cases and significant public health implications.

Here are the landfills that could take toxic waste from the L.A. wildfires in the coming weeks — many have not accepted ...

The percentage of wildfire-associated emergency department encounters increased with onset of the Los Angeles County ...

(LOS ANGELES) — The percentage of emergency department (ED ... The average percentage of ED visits was found to be linked to an increase in the average daily Air Quality Index (AQI), which is put out ...

The percentage of emergency department (ED) visits related to fire and smoke inhalation rose dramatically in the days immediately after the Los Angeles wildfires last ... to an increase in the average ...