According to authorities passengers aboard a Delta Airlines flight from Detroit were barred from disembarking in Chicago for about three hours after one person was suspected of carrying a contagious disease. The incident occurred on Delta flight 3163, which landed at about 3:45 p.m.

The best place to enjoy a breath of fresh air may be a city bus, if Rice University students have their way. A team of graduating seniors has created a system for public transit that would continually clear the air of pathogens that can lead to tuberculosis (TB), flu and ...

(Rice University) The best place to enjoy a breath of fresh air may be a city bus, if Rice University students have their way. A team of graduating seniors has created a system for public transit that would continually clear the air of pathogens that can lead to tuberculosis, flu ...

WEDNESDAY, April 25 (HealthDay News) -- Air quality in America's most polluted cities has improved significantly over the past decade, according to a new report from the American Lung Association. Even Los Angeles, famous for its morning smog, is the cleanest it's been in 13 years, the association noted. ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- In a study appearing this month in the journal Environmental Science and Technology , MIT researchers report that emissions from cars, trucks, planes and powerplants cause 13,000 premature deaths in the United Kingdom each year. The researchers analyzed data from 2005, the ...

According to a study published Online First in Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, patients with wider cleft palates seem to have an increased risk of developing hyper nasal speech and nasal air escape during speaking (velopharyngeal insufficiency or VPI) after surgery. The study's background information states that about one ...

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) In a study appearing this month in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, MIT researchers report that emissions from cars, trucks, planes and power plants cause 13,000 premature deaths in the United Kingdom each year.

By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday issued the first national standards to curb air pollution linked with the controversial practice of "fracking." Fracking refers to hydraulic fracturing, a way to ...

Older adults may be at increased risk of being hospitalized for lung and heart disease, stroke, and diabetes following long-term exposure to fine-particle air pollution, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). It is the first study to look at the link between ...

Overall, 17% of children in the United States are obese, and in inner-city neighborhoods, the prevalence is as high as 25%. While poor diets and physical inactivity are the main culprits, there is new evidence that air pollution can play a role.

Overall, 17% of children in the United States are obese, and in inner-city neighborhoods, the prevalence is as high as 25%. While poor diets and physical inactivity are the main culprits, there is new evidence that air pollution can play a role. A study by Columbia ...

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Pregnant women in New York City exposed to higher concentrations of chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAH, were more than twice as likely to have children who were obese by age 7 compared with women with lower levels of exposure. PAH, a ...