A new study has found a significant correlation between "absolute" humidity and influenza virus survival and transmission. When absolute humidity is low -- as in peak flu months of January and ...

A new study has explored the role of relative humidity in the transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from person to person indoors. The study titled, “An ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lower levels of indoor absolute humidity correlated with an increased risk for acute respiratory illness, or ARI ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The risk for upper respiratory infections in children with asthma went up when they were taught in classrooms ...

It's a T-shirt kind of day in Washington, DC: 85 degrees with 63 percent humidity. We all know those numbers mean hot, but what exactly does that humidity percentage tell us? And why should we care?

Grandma may have been right about keeping a teakettle warming on the stove in winter to moisten the air. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...