Los Angeles County has declared a public health emergency as toxic smoke, dust and fumes from burning buildings threaten ...

Dr. Ngozi Ezike, who led the IDPH response to the COVID-19 pandemic, was fined $150,000 for an ethics violation.

Fine particulate matter contributed to about 239,000 deaths in Europe, but the burden was felt more deeply in some parts of ...

On Jan. 11, 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued “Smoking and Health,” a report that concluded that “cigarette smoking contributes substantially to mortality from certain specific diseases ...

The boil water advisory issued in the City of Richmond, as well as the neighboring counties of Hanover, Henrico and Goochland ...

Commissioners voted unanimously to contribute federal COVID relief funds on the $60 million crisis center. However, a long ...

The expanding wildfires in Southern California have prompted more evacuation orders overnight while the Los Angeles County ...

Six simultaneous wildfires have devastated Los Angeles County neighbourhoods since Tuesday, killing at least 11 people and damaging or destroying 10,000 structures ...

Up to 21 million people contract norovirus each year in the U.S. alone, the CDC says. Though most people recover from the ...

When AQI values exceed 100, air quality becomes unhealthy, initially for sensitive groups and eventually for the entire population as values rise. The severity of air pollution in Dhaka is not new, ...

“If there was going to be a strike, we would obviously cancel elective surgeries, we would cancel outpatient visits,” Dr.

1964 marked the government’s arrival to the non-smoking movement. A year after the top doctor’s announcement, American smokers arrived in stores to find their cigarette boxes stamped with a mandatory ...