Americans spend 90% of their time inside, but the deadly effects of toxic indoor air have historically been an afterthought for both the public and health authorities.
On May 25, 2020, I was at home in Omaha, Nebraska, participating in a video call with the World Health Organization on Covid-19 when I started seeing videos on social media channels. Three white policemen knelt on one black man. One officer pressed his knee into the black man’s neck. Then his last words, “I can’t breathe.”
A measles outbreak in Broward County, Florida, has raised alarms about the declining measles vaccination rates among young children. However, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s reactionary surgeon general, has dismissed the threat posed by the epidemic.