A history of aerobiology would normally be a book that would have little interest beyond the science community. But in “Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breath," Carl Zimmer transforms the ...

As health and school officials deal with a second wave of the H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as swine flu, ASHRAE has published information on health consequences of exposure to such airborne ...

Our air quality plays an important role in maintaining the health of both our planet and the general public. In his new book, Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe, award-winning ...

In the early evening of March 7, 2020, I was on my cellphone in an airport terminal, telling a friend that I was afraid to write an article that risked ruining my journalistic reputation. I had been ...

This year's flu season is turning out to be brutal. As a new variant known as subclade K spreads rapidly, a study out today ...

Wildfire-induced deterioration of air quality leads to increase in indoor activities fostering conditions conducive to airborne transmission. (HealthDay News) — Wildfire-induced deterioration of air ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. Tuesday marked the fifth anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring Covid-19 a global pandemic. For science writer Carl Zimmer, a columnist ...

The author describes how toilet flushes aerosolize germs sending them airborne to soar around and infect their next victim(s) because bathrooms are designed backwards. Learn novel ways to control and ...

“Is no one interested in understanding the dynamics of airborne infection, probably the greatest single cause of morbidity in humans?” The exasperation boils over midway through Carl Zimmer’s ...

The global COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated how easily respiratory diseases can be spread through coughing and sneezing. Accurately replicating airborne disease transmission is essential for ...

Adaptive ventilation systems could prevent airborne disease transmission on cruise ships, recent research suggests. The analysis, published in Science of the Total Environment, looked at indoor air ...