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Follow some of the latest news publications by members of the Healthy Buildings team and others who are contributing valuable, science-based, and comprehensible information on health in the built environment.

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Feb 20, 2024
Our Global Chemical Experiment
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Thrive Global
Jan 11, 2024
Is Your School Building Making You Sick?
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NEA Today
Nov 20, 2023
Why We’re Still Breathing Dirty Indoor Air
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The New York Times
Nov 9, 2023
It’s Time for Companies to Monitor Workplace Air Quality
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Harvard Business Review
Oct 30, 2023
60 Minutes: Indoor air systems “absolutely key” in curbing spread of viruses
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CBS 60 Minutes
Sep 14, 2023
HSPH: Outfitting school buildings for extreme heat ‘not that hard,’ says expert
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HSPH
Sep 7, 2023
PBS: Extreme heat, lack of air conditioning force some schools to cancel classes
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PBS
Sep 6, 2023
NEA Today: It’s Getting Hot in Here: Without Air Conditioning, Students and Staff Suffer
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NEA Today
Aug 29, 2023
CBS: Schools look to improve air quality to reduce COVID-19 spread
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CBS
Aug 27, 2023
The New York Times: Covid Closed the Nation’s Schools. Cleaner Air Can Keep Them Open.
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The New York Times
Aug 25, 2023
The New York Times: Sweltering Temperatures Disrupt the New School Year
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The New York Times
Aug 21, 2023
HSPH: Protecting your Health from Wildfire Smoke – Spotlight on Filters
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HSPH
Jun 17, 2023
The New York Times: The New War on Bad Air
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The New York Times
Jun 13, 2023
Havard Magazine: When Wildfires Make Your Air Unhealthy
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Harvard Magazine
May 17, 2023
HSPH: Op-ed: New standards could greatly improve indoor air
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HSPH
May 15, 2023
The Washington Post: The CDC’s new indoor air guidelines are a monumental victory for health
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The Washington Post
May 12, 2023
CNN: CDC sets first target for indoor air ventilation to prevent spread of Covid-19
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CNN
May 11, 2023
HSPH: How building design can improve people’s well-being
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HSPH
May 1, 2023
The New Yorker: Is Staying in Staying Safe?
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The New Yorker
Apr 12, 2023
Fast Company: How PFAS were cleverly rebranded as ‘forever chemicals’
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Fast Company
Apr 3, 2023
Weekendavisen: Indeklimakrisen (Indoor Climate Crisis)
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Weekendavisen
Mar 27, 2023
Architect: Designing the Healthiest Possible Buildings
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Architect
Mar 2, 2023
Harvard Public Health: Opinion: A Healthy Building Starts with Better Ventilation
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Harvard Public Health
Jan 31, 2023
Charter: The Business Case for Better Air Quality
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Charter in partnership with TIME online
Jan 25, 2023
HSPH: Exposure to hormone-disrupting chemical mixtures common among office workers
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HSPH
Jan 23, 2023
Building HVAC Science: Building Science Collides with Health Science, the Dawn of a New Era
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Building HVAC Science
Jan 9, 2023
HBR: Designing Buildings that Are Both Well-Ventilated and Green
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Harvard Business Review
Dec 21, 2022
BBC: 3M manufacturing giant to stop making ‘forever chemicals’
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BBC News
Dec 12, 2022
HSPH: Webinar on Improving Indoor Air Quality in Long Term Care Facilities. Practical Guidance.
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HSPH
Nov 10, 2022
U.S. News & World Report: ‘Healthier’ Furniture Without PFAS Toxins Brings Healthier Offices
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U.S. News
Nov 10, 2022
Fortune: The healthiest way to design an office post-COVID means a lot of companies will need a complete overhaul
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Fortune
Nov 10, 2022
Bloomberg: The Movement to Keep Buildings From Making You Sick
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Bloomberg
Nov 9, 2022
Technology Networks: “Healthy” Furnishings Help To Reduce PFAS in Homes
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Technology Networks
Nov 8, 2022
HSPH: PFAS levels lower in buildings with healthier furnishings
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HSPH
Oct 13, 2022
HSPH: Dr. Joseph Allen Presenting at White House Summit on Indoor Air Quality
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Sep 26, 2022
The Washington Post: Want to phase out fossil fuels? We must fundamentally change our buildings.
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The Washington Post
Aug 4, 2022
The New York Times: Here’s What School Covid Policies Should Look Like This Year
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The New York Times
Apr 11, 2022
CNN: This invisible Covid-19 mitigation measure is finally getting the attention it deserves
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CNN
Mar 18, 2022
STAT: Opinion: Biden administration (finally) elevates healthy buildings as part of national Covid strategy
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STAT
Feb 25, 2022
The Hill: We need an Operation Warp Speed for clean indoor air
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The Hill
Feb 2, 2022
The Washington Post: Opinion: When should the government lift pandemic restrictions? These four metrics can provide the answer.
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The Washington Post
Dec 20, 2021
The New York Times: We Learned Our Lesson Last Year: Do Not Close Schools
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The New York Times
Dec 15, 2021
The Washington Post: Opinion: Our playbook to fight covid-19 is outdated. Here are 10 updates for 2022.
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The Washington Post
Oct 3, 2021
The Atlantic: Employers Have Been Offering the Wrong Office Amenities: Workplaces need fresh air, not foosball tables and coffee bars.
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The Atlantic
Sep 28, 2021
The Washington Post: Opinion: Indoor masking doesn’t always make sense when everyone is vaccinated
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The Washington Post
Sep 7, 2021
The Vaccine Rollout Is Leaving Behind Incarcerated Children
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UCLA Law COVID-19
Aug 30, 2021
NYT: The Hard Covid-19 Questions We’re Not Asking
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The New York Times
Aug 5, 2021
Washington Post: This scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthier—and smarter
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The Washington Post
Jul 9, 2021
USA Today: Phewwww, the CDC is mostly on target in rules for opening school this fall
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USA Today
Jul 7, 2021
Dr Joseph Allen: “Our buildings have the power to combat COVID-19”
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Work in Mind
Jun 14, 2021
The Washington Post: Opinion: Covid-19 cases will likely rise again in the fall. Here’s how to keep schools open.
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The Washington Post
Jun 14, 2021
The Washington Post: Opinion: The CDC’s critics are wrong. The agency was right to relax indoor masking.
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The Washington Post
May 5, 2021
HSPH: Reconstructing the Public Health Burden of Energy During the Last Decade in the U.S. – 3 Key Takeaways for Energy and Climate Policymaking
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Apr 26, 2021
Pollution can be far worse in you home than outside. Here’s what to do about it
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Fast Company
Apr 6, 2021
Washington Post: So you’re unvaccinated and want to see a friend. Here’s how to calculate your risk.
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Washington Post
Mar 30, 2021
Nature: Why indoor spaces are still prime COVID hotspots
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nature
Mar 10, 2021
HSPH: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health launches public health program for business leaders
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HSPH News
Feb 28, 2021
Bloomberg: The Big Question: Can We Go Back to Our Offices?
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Bloomberg
Feb 26, 2021
New York Times: Why Opening Windows Is a Key to Reopening Schools
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New York Times
Feb 5, 2021
Boston Globe: Firefighters may be wearing gear that contains toxic chemicals, researchers find
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Boston Globe
Feb 5, 2021
EWG: Study: Almost All Fluorine Detected in Fire Stations’ Dust Is From Unknown ‘Forever Chemicals’
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EWG
Feb 1, 2021
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health: Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Joseph Allen, 02/01/21
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Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Jan 20, 2021
The Bridge: Healthy Buildings in 2070
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The Bridge - National Academy of Engineering
Jan 12, 2021
The Guardian: With England in lockdown 3, it’s time ministers got it right on face masks
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The Guardian
Dec 11, 2020
Washington Post: We are over-cleaning in response to COVID-19
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Washington Post
Nov 12, 2020
Washington Post: Why three feet of social distancing should be enough in schools
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Washington Post
Sep 14, 2020
COVID-19 Commission Statement on the occasion of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly
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Lancet
Sep 1, 2020
Key to Preventing Covid-19 Indoors: Ventilation
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The Wall Street Journal
Aug 31, 2020
Is Staying In Staying Safe?
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The New Yorker
Aug 21, 2020
5 things to know about reopening schools safely from Harvard Professor Joseph Allen
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CBS News
Aug 19, 2020
Experts say some classrooms may need an air purifier — and offer advice on sizing
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Boston Globe
Jul 27, 2020
Washington Post: We can — and must — reopen schools. Here’s how.
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Washington Post
Jul 20, 2020
Boston Globe: Listen to the science and reopen schools
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Boston Globe
Jul 14, 2020
Washington Post: Need some good news about covid-19? Here are six reasons for optimism
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Washington Post
Jun 24, 2020
Washington Post: Yes, kids should be going back to school in the fall
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Washington Post
Jun 4, 2020
Harvard Public Health Magazine: Healthy Buildings on the Horizon
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Harvard Public Health Magazine
Jun 3, 2020
Harvard Business School: Who Guarantees Your Workplace is Safe for Return?
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Harvard Business School
May 28, 2020
MSNBC: Identifying airborne transmission of the coronavirus
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MSNBC
May 26, 2020
Washington Post: We cannot keep ignoring the possibility of airborne transmission. Here’s how to address it.
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Washington Post
May 19, 2020
MSNBC: How to stay safe during air travel: A doctor weighs in.
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MSNBC
May 18, 2020
Washington Post: Airplanes don’t make you sick. Really.
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Washington Post
Apr 29, 2020
Harvard Business Review: Is the Healthiest Building in the World Worth the Rent?
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Harvard Business Review
Apr 29, 2020
Harvard Business Review: What Makes an Office Building “Healthy”
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Harvard Business Review
Apr 27, 2020
Harvard Gazette: A five-layered approach for workplace reopening
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Harvard Gazette
Dec 12, 2019
The Quest for Clean Air
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Wired
May 6, 2019
Is Conference Room Air Making You Dumber?
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The New York Times
Mar 18, 2019
The Healthy Buildings team leads a 2-day exec ed course at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design
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ForHealth.org
Jun 5, 2018
The Healthy Buildings team undertakes professional training with the Op-Ed Project
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ForHealth.org
Feb 14, 2018
Your building might be making you sick. Joe Allen can help.
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The Harvard Gazette
Oct 8, 2017
Why Office Buildings Should Run Like Spaceships
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The Wall Street Journal
Jul 26, 2017
Cognitive Benefits of Healthy Buildings
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Harvard Magazine
May 10, 2017
What makes a building healthy?
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Politico
Mar 21, 2017
Stale Office Air Is Making You Less Productive
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Harvard Business Review
Feb 14, 2017
5 Surprising Ways Buildings Can Improve Our Health
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National Geographic
Dec 16, 2016
Green buildings make you work smarter and sleep sounder, study reveals
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The Guardian
Oct 26, 2015
Scientists Probe Indoor Work Spaces for Clues to Better Health
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The Wall Street Journal
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