Surgical face masks help prevent the spread of airborne pathogens and therefore were ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a modified mask could also protect a wearer by detecting health ...

Surgical face masks help prevent the spread of airborne pathogens and therefore were ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Is no one interested in understanding the dynamics of airborne infection?” Explore the history of airborne contagion and the ...

While CO₂ doesn’t transmit viruses itself, it acts as a proxy for indoor crowding and poor ventilation. The more people in a space, the more CO₂ builds up from exhaled breath. When there isn’t enough ...

It is delightful to listen to the tweeting and chirping of birds in the morning. People even spend time seeking, watching, and photographing birds in their ...

The Trump administration shuttered the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), ending three ...

I wrote a big piece on a relatively new, and very promising, approach to fighting respiratory diseases like Covid, ...

Karachi is witnessing a sharp rise in cases of Bird Fancier’s Lung, a rare respiratory illness caused by exposure to airborne ...

Four members said they were informed of the termination Friday, but it had already taken effect in late March, according to a ...

But while we've been busy focusing on physical distancing and surface cleaning, a quieter factor may have been playing a much bigger role in airborne disease transmission all along: carbon dioxide ...