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2026 Wildfire Season Is Already at Record Early-Season Acreage — Here's the Air Quality and Health Warning for 12+ States

2026 wildfire season already burned 2.4M acres — nearly double the 10-year average. Air quality alerts active in 12+ states. Here's the health warning for sensitive groups.

Medical Daily

Close To Half of Americans Live Breathing Unhealthy Air, New Report Shows

The 2026 State of the Air report found that 33.5 million children, or 46% of everyone under 18 in the United States, live in counties that received a failing grade for at least one measure of air pollution.

International Business Times

You might be breathing polluted air right now — nearly half of Americans are

Climate-driven wildfires and other emissions are putting the health of than 156 million Americans at risk

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Nearly half of Americans breathing in unsafe levels of air pollutants – report

American Lung Association’s study says almost 156 million people live in areas with unhealthy levels of soot or smog

The Guardian - US

California's Latino-heavy cities have the highest air pollution levels in the U.S.

The conclusions stem from the annual air quality report by the American Lung Association

Latin Times

More than one-third of people in the US exposed to harmful air pollution – report

American Lung Association’s State of the Air report states nearly 131 million people are exposed to ozone and particle pollution

The Guardian - US

Kentucky receives failing grades from American Lung Association – with one exception

The American Lung Association’s annual State of Tobacco Control report is out and Kentucky received mostly failing grades. However, the state did get a “B” for smoking cessation services.

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American Lung Association Demands the FDA Mislead the Public About Vaping

Providing accurate information about the risks of different nicotine products is long overdue.

Reason

How to test the air quality in your home

With climate change and pollution continuing to impact weather and atmospheric conditions around the globe and the pandemic highlighting just how vulnerable humans are to invisible pathogens, many people are thinking harder about the air they breathe and how it could affect their health. Unfortunately, almost 36 percent of Americans…

Tribune News Service

1 in 3 Americans breathe unhealthy air

The American Lung Association finds that U.S. air quality is improving, but wildfires and more threaten progress

Salon

Gas stoves are giving your kid asthma

No, the government isn't coming for your stove. Yet parents might want to rip them out themselves

Salon

Consumer Health: Treating COPD

COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a leading cause of disability and death in the U.S., according to the American Lung Association. More than 12.5 million people have been diagnosed with COPD, but millions more may have the disease without knowing it.

Tribune News Service

Era of hope for patients with lung cancer

November is Lung Cancer Awareness month. Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide, with more than 2.1 million cases, according to the American Lung Association.

Tribune News Service

Consumer Health: Treating pneumonia

Pneumonia causes more than a million hospitalizations and 50,000 deaths per year in the U.S., according to the American Lung Association.

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California will ban sales of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035

The measure is the first in the nation, but other states are expected to follow. The aim is to curb emissions that contribute to global warming and health issues.

Tribune News Service

Do wildfires put Californians at higher risk for lung cancer?

In California and across the country, more people are likely to die from lung cancer than any other cancer, the American Lung Association states in an August press release, as wildfire season is in full swing.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

COVID-sniffing dogs can also smell long-term virus symptoms in patients, study says

While researchers already discovered a trained dog’s nose can identify COVID-19 with its scent-detecting capabilities, dogs have now demonstrated they can also sniff out long-term virus symptoms — often called “long COVID” — in patients, researchers in Germany found.

Axios

FDA may order Juul products off shelves

With pressure from Congress and health groups mounting, FDA may order Juul to take its products off the market this week.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago air pollution among the worst in the U.S., new report finds

The American Lung Association ranked the Chicago metro area’s levels of smog and particle pollution among the top 25 in the country.

Salon

Saving lives with zero-emission cars

The American Lung Association report also estimates $1.2 trillion savings in health care costs

Orlando Sentinel

Ending cigarette sales at Walmart stores may not curb Florida youth’s nicotine use

ORLANDO, Fla. — Walmart is the latest retailer to end cigarette sales in some stores in Florida and several other states alongside CVS, which stopped selling them in 2014, and Target, which stopped selling them in 1996.

Benzinga

Cannabis Bong Smoking Four Times More Toxic For Non-Smokers Than Tobacco Fumes, Here's Why

It's no secret that secondhand tobacco smoke is a health hazard. It contains hundreds of chemicals known to be toxic or carcinogenic and causes over 41,000 deaths per year, according to the American Lung Association.

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