Poor air quality can take a toll on your health. Here's how to protect yourself and loved ones during poor conditions.

June 28 (UPI) --Canadian wildfire smoke created dangerously unhealthy air over much of the U.S. Midwest on Wednesday, and New Yorkers have been warned the bad air is heading east and is expected ...

If you stepped outside today and noticed the sun looked particularly red or orange, and you maybe had some trouble breathing, Canada is at least partially to blame. The wildfires in the eastern ...

The media have sounded smoke alarms throughout the Northeast this week, for good reason. We haven’t seen air this bad since the 1960s when heavy (and dirty) fuel oil was the heating medium of choice.

On Thursday, two things happened at once: New York was under an air quality health alert, with emergency managers warning of the dangers of outside air exposure for people with health issues, and ...

ALBANY — New York’s air quality improved Thursday, but unhealthy conditions due to the wildfires in Canada are expected to continue into the weekend, state officials said. Gov. Kathy Hochul ...

ALBANY — After severe thunderstorms and flash floods, New Yorkers are once again facing a return of unhealthy air due to smoke from the ongoing Canadian wildfires. Gov. Kathy Hochul first ...

Smoke from northwestern California and southwestern Oregon has blown over from the Bay Area. Some relief is expected on ...

The Bay Area’s poor air quality is adding an extra twist to the San Francisco 49ers’ home opener in Santa Clara Thursday ...

Wildfires in Northern California and Oregon have pushed smoke down into the San Francisco Bay Area ahead of Thursday Night ...

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Smoky air from the Canadian wildfires will leave much of upstate with unhealthy air on Monday. In this photograph, the Albany skyline ...

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, running back Christian McCaffrey and offensive lineman Colton McKivitz in the ...