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Over the holidays, replacing the furnace filter could help protect people from COVID-19 indoors

November 24, 2020 sarah Jonas covid 19, Holidays, Ventilation

Dr. Yang Wang, assistant professor of environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, advises homeowners to replace their furnace filter to help protect families from COVID-19 over the holidays.

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COVID-19 and the Challenging Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

May 5, 2020 sarah Jonas Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, anti-inflammatory, Antibodies, Coronavirus, COVID-19, ICU, ICU Care, Intensive Care, Lungs, respirators, Treatments, Ventilation

Joe G. N. “Skip” Garcia, MD, an academic pulmonary physician-scientist describes a complication in COVID-19.

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A new biosensor for the COVID-19 virus

April 21, 2020 sarah Jonas Air Conditioning, COVID-19, Environment, Ventilation

A team of researchers from Empa, ETH Zurich and Zurich University Hospital has succeeded in developing a novel sensor for detecting the new coronavirus. In future it could be used to measure the concentration of the virus in the environment – for example in places where there are many people or in hospital ventilation systems.

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Continued CO2 Emissions Will Impair Cognition

April 21, 2020 sarah Jonas Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, CO2, Cognition, Ventilation

New CU Boulder research finds that an anticipated rise in carbon dioxide concentrations in our indoor living and working spaces by the year 2100 could lead to impaired human cognition.

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Wuhan Study is First to Describe How Body Positioning Can Improve Breathing in Severe COVID-19 Patients Requiring Ventilation

March 24, 2020 sarah Jonas COVID-19, Lung Function, Ventilation

In a new study of patients with severe COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) hospitalized on ventilators, researchers found that lying face down was better for the lungs. The research letter was published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.