In a follow-up to a report last month, The Alabama Department of Public Health has received reports of an increase in 9-1-1 calls, and Alabama hospitals have reported five deaths and an increase in emergency...

When it comes to skin cancer prevention and detection, your back should be at the front of your mind. While it’s a hard area of the body to protect with sunscreen, it’s also an important one, as the...

More than four in 10 Americans – nearly 138.5 million people – live in counties where ozone or particle pollution levels make the air unhealthy to breathe, according to the American Lung Association’s...

May is Asthma Awareness Month. The American Lung Association is taking part by empowering the approximately 25 million people living in the United States who suffer from asthma to learn how to move beyond...

The Health Department today warned New Yorkers not to use synthetic cannabinoids – most commonly referred to as “synthetic marijuana” – after a significant increase in emergency department visits....

Puerto Rico has the lowest incidence rate of new lung cancer compared with all other races and ethnic groups in the United States, according to a study published last week in the Centers for Disease Control...

In a follow-up to the recently published CDC study that shows a dramatic increase in e-cigarette use among middle and high school students, and one day after Senator Barbara Boxer asked E-Cigarette companies...

Current e-cigarette use among middle and high school students tripled from 2013 to 2014, according to data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s...

Just a few days after Mississippi health officials reported an increase in hospitalizations due to the use of synthetic cannabinoids, neighboring state, Alabama is doing the same. The Alabama Department...

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today sent a letter to the executives of five of the largest e-cigarette manufacturers urging them to refrain from advertising e-cigarettes on television, citing the danger...