Oxygen is critical to life. When levels of oxygen change, it can have immediate and lasting impacts on a person's health.

Scientists have long known that people living at high altitudes, where oxygen levels are low, have lower rates of diabetes ...

A recent study explored one possible cause -- hyperoxia or high concentrations of oxygen given to such patients during surgery -- as opposed to doses more similar to air. The study concluded that ...

At altitudes over 2,400 metres, lack of oxygen — a condition called hypoxia — can cause acute mountain sickness. Incidence ...

Marine life receives its oxygen from warm water on the ocean's surface, but if there's no mixing with the colder water sitting below, then bottom-dwelling marine life, like lobsters, are unable to ...

Janay Reece came back home to Baltimore to join WJZ in August 2023. Before coming back to the Charm City, Janay was a morning anchor and reporter for WDBJ7 in Roanoke, VA. She joined the WDBJ7 morning ...

This means that low blood oxygen levels may be missed in patients with darker skin tones, potentially delaying care, while patients with lighter skin tones may get unnecessary treatment. Pulse ...

Jennifer Mallon receives funding from US-UK Fulbright Commission, Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program, University of Glasgow Early Career Mobility Award and the Link Foundation. Adrian Michael ...