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By KATHY McCORMACK and MICHAEL PHILLIS - Associated Press Intense smoke blanketed the northeastern United States for a second day Wednesday, turning the air a yellowish gray and prompting…

By MADDIE BURAKOFF - AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Massive fires are burning up stretches of Canadian forests and sending plumes of smoke into the U.S.As a haze stretches over the East…

By KATHY McCORMACK and MICHAEL PHILLIS - Associated Press Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a smoky haze, turning the air a yellowish gray and prompting…

By KATHY McCORMACK - Associated Press Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. The…

By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Racial bias built into a common medical test for lung function is likely leading to fewer Black patients getting care for breathing problems,…

By TRAVIS LOLLER - Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for a group of workers who believe their jobs cleaning up a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee led to a slew of illnesses,…

By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. cigarette smoking dropped to another all-time low last year, with 1 in 9 adults saying they were current smokers, according to government survey…

By JOHN FLESHER - AP Environmental Writer A fire at a scrap plastics business in Indiana raises numerous health concerns for people in the area — particularly with the discovery of asbestos in debris,…

ROME (AP) — The condition of former Italian premier Silvio Berlucsconi, hospitalized in intensive care for a lung infection, is progressively improving, allowing for “cautious optimism,” his doctors said Monday.Berlusconi,…

By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill Paxlovid won another vote of confidence from U.S. health advisers Thursday, clearing the way for its full regulatory…