Public Health

Smoking kills. And although smoking rates are down in many places, it’s going to take more to win the battle against tobacco

The American Lung Association says a proposed EPA rule to curtail tailpipe pollution, which would bolster electric car adoption, could help the country avoid premature deaths and millions of asthma attacks

Scientists aren’t sure whether nicotine, a main ingredient in many e-cigarettes, damages a person’s long-term health

Tobacco smoking continues to place an extraordinarily heavy burden on global health

Here’s how to read the Air Quality Index and protect yourself from unhealthy air

Researchers hope their work on racial health disparities will be a “call to action”

The COVID pandemic caused a U.S.-wide decline in fertility rates, but red states actually saw increases

What you pay for tests, vaccines, and medicine will change

A cluster of U.S. residents who traveled for surgery have developed severe fungal infections in the spine and brain. Here’s what you need to know about the disease

Exclusive breastfeeding is not imperative, and the “breast is best” mantra can be harmful to babies and parents, especially among marginalized people

Academics can do more to help disadvantaged communities in the U.S.

A potentially record-setting heat wave is headed for the Pacific Northwest and western Canada, a sign of the shift to hotter—and earlier—summers