Chickenpox, fit testing and other things you need to know about COVID | MUSC
Back in the ‘80s – in between wearing teal windbreakers and listening to Duran Duran – tens of millions of kids were coming down with the chickenpox. Ask anybody who ever had varicella as a kid and they’ll all say the same thing: It sucked. You broke out in a rash, got a fever. It […]
Nine-year-old campaigns for cleaner air
Nine-year-old school pupil Jakub Kozlowski campaigns for cleaner air. Jakub has been campaigning to reduce the level of air pollution around his school after learning that it was located in one of the most polluted locations in Bristol. Parson Street Primary School sits on the corner of one of Bristol’s busiest junctions and the location […]
Trade unions raise the alarm on air quality in schools
Six education unions have called on the government to find more money to help schools tackle growing indoor air quality (IAQ) problems. In a joint statement, the ASCL, GMB, NAHT, NASUWT, NEU and UNISON all expressed alarm at the extent of the air quality crisis in school buildings exposed by the wider use of CO2 monitors. […]
Get into artsy plant containers
Houseplants have been keeping a lot of us company during the pandemic, and the good news is there’s a plant for any home, big or small, well-lit or not. There’s also a virtual jungle of stylish containers in which to show them off. “I love incorporating plants into our interior spaces,” says designer Mel Bean […]
Research Finds Wildfire Smoke Makes Indoor Air Unhealthy Too : NPR
A warming climate means millions of Americans are exposed to wildfire smoke every summer. Seattle, Wash., and the Pacific Northwest experienced some of the worst air quality in the world in 2020. When wildfire smoke descends over a city or town, as it does increasingly often for tens of millions of people in the […]
Free COVID kits, masks on the way | Health
Despite more government help, area residents still have virus concerns. Americans can now apply for free at-home testing kits. TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE On Tuesday, the federal government opened a website, www.COVIDtest.gov, that allows people to order up to four free COVID-19 home tests. The tests will be mailed to their homes in seven to 12 […]
Marshall Fire: Ash in Superior reservoir creates smoky taste in water
SUPERIOR, Colo. (KDVR) — Three weeks after the Marshall Fire destroyed 378 homes in the town of Superior, residents who didn’t lose their homes are still complaining about the taste and odor of smoke in their drinking water. “Yes, I’m so grateful that I have a house, that I have water, but at the same […]
Pots and perches to show off your houseplants in style
Houseplants have been keeping a lot of us company during the pandemic, and the good news is there’s a plant for any home, big or small, well-lit or not. There’s also a virtual jungle of stylish containers in which to show them off. “I love incorporating plants into our interior spaces,” says designer Mel Bean […]
Silay City locks down offices for contact tracing, disinfection
BACOLOD CITY – All offices under the City of Silay in Negros Occidental have been placed under a five-day zoning containment starting Wednesday for various measures to curb the transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). In Special Executive Order 2022-01-01, Mayor Mark Golez said the temporary lockdown will give way for the extensive contact […]
80 air filters reduce Covid-19 transmission risk at Cambridge University Hospitals
Eighty air filter machines to reduce the risk of Covid-19 infection for patients and staff have been installed across Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) following pioneering research by Addenbrooke’s. An air filter machine and Dr Vilas Navapurkar, who conceived and led the study. Picture: CUH A study at the hospital in January 2021, at the height […]