From using the right air purifier to creating clean rooms, PNNL researcher Chrissi Antonopoulos offers tips on protecting you and your family from harmful wildfire smoke when indoors. The dangers of inhaling smoke are well established. Many people do their best to avoid breathing it in. But what about when the smoke comes to you?...
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How to protect yourself against monkeypox and what to do if you catch it
PUBLISHED FRI, MAY 27 20221:23 AM EDT UPDATED FRI, MAY 27 2022 Karen Gilchrist@_KARENGILCHRIST A recent monkeypox outbreak across the U.S., Europe, Australia and the Middle East has baffled health experts and is raising concerns of a wider outbreak. The majority of cases so far have spread through sex, with a particular concentration among gay...
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TIPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF IN A FLU AND COVID ‘TWINDEMIC’
The flu is a serious virus in its own right: Up to 56 million people contracted the flu last year, with hundreds of thousands hospitalized and an estimated 24,000 to 62,000 deaths, including 188 children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC recommends that people aged 6 months or older receive flu vaccinations...