Wildfire smoke is back – fires burning across Canada are already triggering US air quality alerts in the Midwest and Plains

States could be in for another summer of unhealthy wildfire smoke as ‘zombie fires’ resurface in western Canada and more blazes break out in the dry conditions.

Peter S. Thorne, University of Iowa Distinguished Chair, Professor of Environmental Health, University of Iowa • conversation
May 14, 2024 ~8 min

Iron fuels immune cells – and it could make asthma worse

Asthma attacks can result from immune cells overreacting to a harmless allergen. Tamping down iron levels in certain immune cells can help control their activity.

Omid Akbari, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California • conversation
May 14, 2024 ~5 min


How to handle your cat’s feline asthma

Wheezing is often a strong indication of asthma, but there are also other signs that can help make a diagnosis. An expert fills you in.

Texas A&M University • futurity
April 29, 2024 ~6 min

Coal trains carry health risks along with cargo

Freight trains carrying coal pose a health risk to communities living near rail lines, according to new research.

Kat Kerlin-UC Davis • futurity
April 19, 2024 ~5 min

Asthma meds have become shockingly unaffordable − but relief may be on the way

An inhaler that costs nearly $300 in the US goes for just $9 in Germany. What gives?

Ana Santos Rutschman, Professor of Law, Villanova School of Law • conversation
March 8, 2024 ~7 min

Your gas stove may emit more nanoparticles than car exhaust

You may be breathing in more tiny air pollution nanoparticles from your gas stove than you would from a car that runs on gas or diesel.

Kayla Wiles-Purdue • futurity
Feb. 28, 2024 ~7 min

When science showed in the 1970s that gas stoves produced harmful indoor air pollution, the industry reached for tobacco's PR playbook

The natural gas industry has spent years trying to undermine scientific findings about gas stoves and health. If this sounds familiar, that’s no accident.

Jonathan Levy, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University • conversation
Nov. 3, 2023 ~8 min

Canadian wildfire smoke linked to boost in NYC asthma cases

There's a stark link between Canadian wildfire smoke and increases in the number of people going to the hospital for asthma symptoms in NYC.

Yale • futurity
Oct. 11, 2023 ~6 min


EMS less likely to bring Black kids with asthma to hospital

Black kids with asthma are less likely to go to the hospital via emergency medical services, a study finds.

Sierra Lomax-U. Pittsburgh • futurity
Sept. 28, 2023 ~5 min

Vaping may increase asthma risk for young users

Vaping increases the risk of asthma in young people who have never smoked conventional tobacco products, a new study suggests.

Rae Lynn Mitchell-Texas A&M • futurity
Sept. 21, 2023 ~5 min

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