The bill's author said it should be public health officials and doctors, not insurance companies, who decide when a home is ...

Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, ...

For decades, firefighters facing some of the state’s most destructive wildfires worked without proper masks or respirators, despite evidence showing long-term health risks from wildfire smoke. That’s ...

A multi-day burn operation near Spring Valley Lake will produce heavy smoke from Feb. 9-13, as fire officials work to reduce ...

Following a Times investigation, a state lawmaker is proposing the first health-based standards for assessing smoke ...

As California sees an increasing amount of wildfires, researchers from Stanford University and a Northern California nonprofit are helping residents prepare for and manage their exposure to toxic ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Wildfire smoke may have killed more than 41,000 Americans annually from 2011-2020 The study suggests deaths from ...

Pregnant women's exposure to wildfire smoke — particularly in the third trimester — may increase the risk of autism in their children, according to new research, which looked at hundreds of thousands ...