Experts say dementia risk is not just about personal choices, but also about the air we breathe and the environments we live ...

A groundbreaking study of 27.8 million older Americans has uncovered one of the strongest links ever found between air ...

Tiny air pollution particles may be doing more than irritating our lungs. A new study links long-term exposure to PM2.5 to a ...

Exposure to air pollution may directly increase your risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.

The authors add, “In this large national study of older adults, we found that long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution was associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease, largely ...

After more than a century of exposure to pollution from multiple sources that has led to higher rates of lung cancer and lung ...

Air pollution ranks among the world's deadliest threats, causing an estimated 8 million deaths in 2021, according to a recent analysis from a United Nations partnership. That same year, pollutants ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Francesca Dominici is director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative. The World Health Organization 2024 report recently urged ...