We’ve all heard the basic definition of ventilation: “the systematic removal or heat, smoke and fire gases from a structure” with the associated benefits of victim survivability, increased visibility, ...

New research reveals that even the most advanced hospital ventilation systems can leave viral particles lingering in the air, ...

The chief reason that patients are admitted to an intensive care unit is to receive ventilatory support. In this article, I update the basic principles of mechanical ventilation, which I reviewed in ...

The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs indoors, most of it from the inhalation of airborne particles that contain the coronavirus. The best way to prevent the virus from spreading in a ...

At the end of the third year of the pandemic, we are no longer surprised to hear we’re in a new wave of infection. It’s fuelled by new sub-variants of the virus that may evade immunity from both ...

I learned a great deal about firefighting and the fire service from my father, who joined the fire department in 1938 and retired as fire chief in 1975, the year after I started as a career ...

The efficacy and safety of early high-frequency oscillatory ventilation as compared with conventional synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation for the treatment of infants with very low birth ...

Americans are abandoning their masks. They're done with physical distancing. And, let's face it, some people are just never going to get vaccinated. Yet a lot can still be done to prevent COVID-19 ...

The better the air quality in schools, the better students do academically and healthier they are. Improving air quality is expensive, so advocates hope money set aside under the Biden Plan will help.

When the heat becomes unbearable and the power cuts won’t cooperate, air conditioners aren’t always an option. But there’s a ...