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Investing in indoor air quality improvements in schools will reduce COVID transmission and help students learn

  • Written by Patricia Fabian, Associate Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University
imageAn air scrubber in a classroom at the E.N. White School in Holyoke, Mass.AP Photo/Charles Krupa

As fall temperatures cool across the U.S., many schools will struggle to ventilate classrooms while also keeping students and teachers comfortable and healthy. Children and teachers spend over six hours a day in classrooms during the school year, often...

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