With allergens, disease, odors, and dust building up over the winter months, there are many reasons to consider an air purifier for your home. While there are impressive air purifiers you can buy with ...

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Correction: (March 25, 2025) In the thirteenth paragraph, “within 3 to 4 feet (91 to 120 centimeters)” should be “within 8 feet (244 centimeters).” An edit has been made in the press release to ...

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Covid is not going away for the foreseeable future. Vaccination, rapid tests and appropriate masking are important ways to protect against getting sick and spreading the virus. So is better indoor air ...

The east coast, and New York in particular, is receiving an unwelcome taste (and scent) of the climate crisis to come, as smoke from massive Canadian wildfires billow out toward the Atlantic Ocean.

New York, and other major cities on the eastern seaboard are currently blanketed in smoke from a massive outbreak of wildfires in Canada. Air quality levels are reaching their worst ever recorded ...

When wildfires threaten communities, human health can be impacted as smoke distributes on the breeze, infiltrating various structures. To help people protect themselves and their families, researchers ...

This is a developing story. For the latest local updates head to LAist.com and sign up for breaking news alerts. Interest in air filters and purifiers is spiking in Southern California, including ...

Richard Corsi demonstrates the airflow of a low-cost, DIY air cleaner that can remove indoor pollutants such as smoke particles and respiratory particles. It may also reduce the spread of airborne ...