Hong Kong schools are seeing a surge in flu outbreaks, health authorities have said, with the city’s forecaster issuing a ...

Even though lung and related cancer deaths decreased in the world's 10 most populous countries from 1990 to 2019, these positive statistics do not address trends in mortality linked to tobacco use, ...

Fires continue to ravage Los Angeles County in California. The smoke and pollution poses a threat to certain vulnerable groups.

Even though lung and related cancer deaths decreased in the world's 10 most populous countries from 1990 to 2019, these ...

As thousands of buildings burned in Los Angeles County this week, the skies above Southern California have become a stew of ...

Enforcing environmental laws isn’t a job that makes people popular. But polls show that Americans generally want more environmental protection, not less.

A holistic approach backed by science is vital to a successful UN Global Plastics Treaty, explained Professor Steve Fletcher, ...

“Any level of air pollution, including from wildfires, can be dangerous for your health,” says Laura Corlin, an environmental epidemiologist at Tufts University School of Medicine. Just how dangerous ...

Great hopes are placed on a new way to combat plant diseases, using RNA to turn off genes that the pathogen needs to initiate ...

For over a decade, scientists have studied the microbiome, the environment of microorganisms that live on and in the body, ...

Scientists have created the first single cell genomic atlas of mature plants' outer armor layer, called the periderm, and its carbon-capturing phellem cells. The findings will be useful in creating ...

Scientists reveal how the periderm, armoured roots of plants, plays a crucial role in tackling climate change by capturing ...