A case of measles was detected at Newark airport in New Jersey during holiday travel — and at Logan in Boston. Health ...

A visitor from Texas who was afflicted with measles might have exposed many to the airborne virus while in Massachusetts, ...

Our air quality plays an important role in maintaining the health of both our planet and the general public. In his new book, ...

As plastic pollution worsens worldwide, scientists are uncovering a new and unsettling possibility. Tiny airborne fragments of plastic, known as micro- and nanoplastics, may do more than pollute the ...

Recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (also known as bird flu) have created a need for rapid and sensitive detection methods to mitigate its spread. Now, researchers have developed a ...

The World Health Organization has said the novel coronavirus can linger in the air indoors. In a reversal of previous statements, the agency officially acknowledged that droplets carrying the virus ...

In January 2024, I wrote a big piece on a relatively new, and very promising, approach to fighting respiratory diseases like Covid, tuberculosis, and flus. It’s called “far-UVC,” a type of ultraviolet ...

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 ...

The PL-16 Viral Blocker has shown over 90% success in protection of cells against virusesRaanana, Israel, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ...