Using tear gas is a common tactic authorities use to control crowds at protests, and it can have lasting affects on your health. Before you head out to a protest, learn what to do if you encounter it.

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Tear gas engulfed protesters just steps from the White House last Monday, June 1, forcing peaceful demonstrators to disperse with eyes and throats burning. Many had their hands in the air as they ...

The MCL (medial collateral ligament) is an 8-10 centimeter band of tissue that runs along the inner edge of your knee. It helps keep your knee stable and working properly when you move. The medial ...

Before the tearing, the choking and the pouring mucus, tear gas burns. It causes searing pain in the eyes, skin, lungs and mouth—or anywhere it touches. “It can be overwhelming and incapacitating. You ...

Across the United States, as marches over police brutality and the murder of George Floyd have grown in size, protesters have encountered volleys of tear gas. It’s clear that all protests—peaceful and ...

A gluteus tear occurs when one of the tendons that holds your gluteal muscles and bones together partially or completely tears. Your gluteal muscles start at your buttocks and wrap around to the side ...

Across the United States, protests took place through May and June 2020 against the deaths of Black people at the hands of police, spurred by the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man in ...

Prior to June 8, the LAPD had not used tear gas in crowd-control settings in almost 50 years, an LAPD spokesperson told L.A.

A retinal tear is a small split or hole in the lining of the back of the eye. The condition is not painful and may not damage a person’s eyesight. However, a torn retina can progress to a retinal ...