“In general, both spitting and swallowing are safe to do,” Parsons echoed. “Swallowing is harmless, because the stomach acid ...

P lenty of research shows that respiratory distress and heart attacks spike in the event of smoke exposure; acute impacts of ...

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows American adults are eating less fast food. Gena Hamshaw, a ...

A study published in Epidemiology in late May demonstrated that fine particulate matter in wildfire smoke represents a danger to human health considerably longer than a couple of days as previously ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- A thin layer of smoke from wildfires in Canada is drifting high above the Inland Northwest. The smoke is almost invisible, but was highlighted by the angle ...

Sicily’s Mount Etna has put on a fiery show, sending a cloud of smoke and ash miles into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population AP Jun 2, 2025 ...

Item 1 of 4 A general view of St. Catherine's Monastery in South Sinai, Egypt, March 7, 2019. Picture taken March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo ...

Smoke from wildfires in Canada is pushing into Schuylkill County Wednesday and impacting air quality, but not as badly as in June 2023, as seen in this photo of the smoky haze hanging over Bethlehem.

PORTLAND, Maine — Smoke from Canadian wildfires started making air quality worse in the eastern U.S. on Wednesday as several Midwestern states battled conditions deemed unhealthy by the federal ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Smoke from Canadian wildfires started making air quality worse in the eastern U.S. on Wednesday as several Midwestern states battled conditions deemed unhealthy by the federal ...

The smoke over Michigan the next few days doesn’t look extremely thick, but the smoke won’t clear either. At midday Thursday the smoke is expected to be visible over most of Michigan.

Wildfire smoke worsens air quality. Wildfire smoke has been fouling U.S. air quality for several days, starting in states bordering Canada, including the Dakotas, Minnesota and other Midwestern ...