A new device called a soft X-ray electrostatic precipitator protected immunocompromised mice from airborne pathogenic bacteria, viruses, ultrafine particles, and allergens, according to a paper published online ahead of print in the journal Applied and Environmental ...More
Influenza is thought to be communicated from person to person by multiple pathways; however, the relative importance of different routes of influenza transmission is unclear. To better understand the potential for the airborne spread of influenza, William Lindsley, of the ...More
By Larry Clark, CEA, LEED AP The importance of clean air for human health was recognized even in ancient Rome.1 And documented examples of the use of ventilation in hospitals, as a means of reducing illness, date back to at least 1784.2 By 1855, nursing and epidemiology ...More
