Lincoln Laboratory leads a large-scale measurement campaign in New York City to improve air dispersion models and emergency protocols.

Whether about a comet hitting the Earth or a virus infecting the world, fear-based messages often do not succeed at changing people’s behaviors.

Drive-throughs not only increase air pollution and emissions, but also contribute to a car-centred culture that we need to avoid.

Collective intelligence methodology identifies key findings to accelerate the pace of innovation and build health resilience.

The health care system is hemorrhaging medical lab workers, in part because of COVID-19 infections and also because of burnout, low wages and better opportunities elsewhere.

A legal scholar explains what the ruling means for other vaccine mandates and the government’s ability to protect public health.

A nationwide genomic surveillance system analyzes positive COVID-19 tests to build a picture of which variants are spreading in the population.

Vaccines and medical treatments can only go so far in an unequal society. Facing the ongoing history of racial discrimination and bias in the US would help end the pandemic.

The Biden administration intends to distribute an additional 500 million at-home rapid COVID tests starting in January.

Masks definitely catch some of the virus laden aerosols and droplets - and that will reduce transmission between people and the number of cases of COVID-19.