Children, particularly susceptible to air pollution, have been at the forefront of concerns. In New York City, school systems canceled field trips, moved recesses indoors, and handed out masks.

HAMMOND -- Learning how to escape a smoke-filled building is a stressful ordeal for most adults, but for children it's all just a part of a field trip to Survive Alive. Students at Survive Alive learn ...

Millions of children have been exposed to hazardous air quality across the U.S. As many as 18 states issued air quality alerts across the country this week, stretching from Michigan to South Carolina ...

Wildfire smoke affects everyone. But health experts say that children are especially vulnerable to the pollution that shrouded the skies over much of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic this week. NPR ...

Wildfire smoke is bad for kids’ health. These moms are asking Congress to help. When 14-year-old Oscar came home from his school’s field day in June pink-faced and wheezing, his mother, Elizabeth ...

(Reuters Health) – - In a Finnish study spanning 26 years, kids exposed to parental smoking were more likely to develop plaque in their carotid arteries as young adults than kids who were not exposed ...

PARIS — A restrictive outdoor smoking ban has come into force in France, a country where café culture, which often includes a glass of wine and a cigarette, is a way of life. As of Sunday, smokers are ...