Colorado State University researchers will receive nearly $1 million from the Environmental Protection Agency to expand air quality monitoring in communities impacted by wildfires and improve communication of health risks from smoke exposure.
Air pollution researcher Jack Kodros answered some questions about his recent study on the use of N95 respirators during wildfires.
The study, launched early in the pandemic, sought to determine the extent to which singers, musicians and actors emit aerosols, and whether those emissions could be quantified.
Researchers hope to inform policy management in Northern Colorado at a time when West Nile virus numbers are the highest they’ve been in years.
The NSF-funded program brings together students and faculty who are interested in studying food, energy and water issues and the many ways in which those systems affect each other.
When the Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging set out to start a podcast a year ago, the goal was to highlight research from faculty members across CSU who are investigating these critical issues in aging and to bring aging studies out of the lab and into the earbuds of listeners across Northern Colorado.
CSU researchers found that local wildfires were associated with decreases in hospitalizations, especially for asthma.
Four CSU researchers will interpret NASA data for public benefit as part of NASA’s Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team.
The research team believes there's a lack of communication about smoke from distant wildfires.
Tens of millions of Americans have been infected with and survived COVID-19. Many survivors get back to normal health within two weeks of getting sick, but for some, symptoms can persist for months.