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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 price of eggs is going up as highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza spreads in the U.S. and continues to pose serious threats to poultry farms worldwide. In just the past 30 days, no fewer than 23 ...

Could H5N1 bird flu become airborne and spread between people? Scientists say that’s still unknown. But, if the virus gains that ability, it could produce the next pandemic. The virus has been tearing ...

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