Health officials from the Chiang Rai Provincial Public Health Office visited residents on Thursday morning to provide medical support and ...
As wildfire smoke blankets the East Coast, Air Quality Index and PM2.5 numbers are everywhere. Here’s what they mean. Air Quality Index, or AQI, and PM2.5, particulate matter which measures 2.5 ...
In a recent study published in Environmental Research, researchers conducted a nationwide cross-sectional analysis of the long-term consequences of particulate matter (PM 2.5) and its five components ...
Even healthy adults might have reduced lung function during periods of unhealthy air quality, especially if exercising outdoors.
The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has warned the public of the possible health effects of the haze affecting Metro Cebu, which has caused declining air quality in recent days.
Residents in parts of Metro Manila were advised to wear face masks after “very unhealthy” levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) were recorded on Sunday, April 19. PM2.5 refers to tiny solid ...