Poor air quality can take a toll on your health. Here's how to protect yourself and loved ones during poor conditions.

The media have sounded smoke alarms throughout the Northeast this week, for good reason. We haven’t seen air this bad since the 1960s when heavy (and dirty) fuel oil was the heating medium of choice.

On Thursday, two things happened at once: New York was under an air quality health alert, with emergency managers warning of the dangers of outside air exposure for people with health issues, and ...

NOW: Unhealthy air quality continues with bigger improvements tonight into Friday. A spotty shower chance through the day. NEXT: Better air quality with some haze tomorrow. A few spotty showers ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is warning New Yorkers that unhealthy air quality conditions are expected to remain into the weekend, but it’s still uncertain how it may affect the July 4 holiday. Speaking ...

ALBANY — New York’s air quality improved Thursday, but unhealthy conditions due to the wildfires in Canada are expected to continue into the weekend, state officials said. Gov. Kathy Hochul ...

Smoke from northwestern California and southwestern Oregon has blown over from the Bay Area. Some relief is expected on ...

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Smoky air from the Canadian wildfires will leave much of upstate with unhealthy air on Monday. In this photograph, the Albany skyline ...

Wildfires in Northern California and Oregon have pushed smoke down into the San Francisco Bay Area ahead of Thursday Night ...

The Bay Area’s poor air quality is adding an extra twist to the San Francisco 49ers’ home opener in Santa Clara Thursday ...

Preparing to play a second NFL game in less than a week is difficult enough, but wildfires in Oregon and Northern California ...

Smoke from the blazes in various parts of the country has been lapping into the U.S. since last month but intensified with a recent spate of fires in Quebec NEW YORK (AP) — Smoke from Canadian ...