Gunnison school district lifts requirement for facemasks – The Crested Butte News
Lawsuit continuing [ by Mark Reaman ] Gunnison Watershed School District superintendent Leslie Nichols announced Friday that the district’s mask mandate would be lifted on Monday, February 14 and this school week started without students being required to wear facemasks. Initial reaction from both parents and staff according to Nichols, was overwhelmingly positive. Meanwhile, the […]
Bristol United Way has given out almost 300 air purifiers | Latest Headlines
BRISTOL, Tenn. – The United Way of Bristol has been working through applications for air purifiers from residents of Bristol, Tennessee, who have been affected by the stench coming from the Bristol, Virginia Landfill but the process of getting the machines to homeowners has slowed the past several weeks. Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier – Lisa […]
Effectiveness of a novel semi‐closed barrier device with a personalized exhaust in cough aerosol simulation according to particle counts and visualization of particles – Matsui – 2022 – Indoor Air
1 INTRODUCTION Hypoxemia and cough are the main symptoms among patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and hypoxemia is the primary reason for hospital admission. Oxygen therapy is the mainstay therapy for treating hypoxemia. Although our research group previously designed and reported an oxygen mask aimed at isolating infected patients,1 that kind of mask must be […]
What Do Office Workers Want? It’s Not What You Think
As the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be subsiding around the world, more and more companies are taking tentative steps toward normalcy. Some are dropping indoor mask requirements for vaccinated employees. Some, like Microsoft, are setting hard dates for when they expect most of their workers back in the office. But while for the past two […]
Design tricks to make your home happier! Pick only six colours, ditch the toaster
This may sound strange coming from someone who edited ELLE Decoration magazine for 13 years, but I don’t care what colour you paint your walls or which wallpaper you choose. What I do care about, though, is that you love it — in other words, that your home makes you feel relaxed and happy. The […]
How The Weather Affects Your Health
We have a storm coming through. At the time I am writing this blog, we are at 64 degrees. According to the forecast tomorrow night, we could be down to a low of 4 degrees. 4! That is a 60 degree chance in the span of a day and a half. This rapid change in […]
HUD grant will address environmental and safety hazards in low-income Black Belt homes – Elmore-Autauga News
FROM ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) Bureau of Environmental Services, Indoor Air Quality and Lead Branch, and the University of Alabama were recently awarded a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Healthy Homes Production Grant to remove environmental and safety hazards from some of Alabama’s vulnerable […]
Vaccination Verification Policy to End as of March 1 – PUBLIC HEALTH INSIDER
With new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations decreasing, and nearly 80% of all King County residents fully vaccinated, King County is ending the local health order requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test for entry into restaurants and bars, indoor recreational events and establishments, or outdoor events. The vaccination verification policy will no longer […]
I Solved The Water Crisis At Barstool HQ
Barstool HQ hasn’t had water in months. Basically since we got back to the office in January, we’ve been in a draught. No water bottles anywhere. We only have a filter that mice poop in and tap water. And we all know NYC notoriously has the worst tap water in the world. So since I’ve […]
Travel rebounds for February break
Wed, Feb 16th 2022 02:50 pm AAA bookings on the rise; families plan to warm up as travel demand increases Submitted by AAA of Western and Central New York Travel is on the rebound as the upcoming school break approaches. AAA’s online travel bookings for January were up nearly 250% compared to January 2021, and […]