The tree pollen has been very high since last week, and that is not surprising. This time of year, especially after a cool April, the tree pollen will spike. This week with sunshine and dry weather ...

Every weekday, rain or shine, a microbiologist begins the morning by heading up to the roof of the Houston Health Department’s laboratory. She isn't up there for the view of the nearby Texas Medical ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - If you’ve been sneezing a lot lately, you’re not alone. One in four people experience seasonal allergies, which happen to be particularly worse this time of year. Air Pollution ...

While typical pollen seasons come and go, there's one allergen that can occur year-round in Houston because of the region's tropical-like climate. That's mold spores. And while mold spore levels are ...

Houston Health Department microbiologist Christina Utz starts every workday at 7 a.m. on the roof of the Holcombe Laboratory to collect air samples from the previous 24 hours. She always has some ...

The mold and pollen numbers that are reported daily are provided by Loyola Medicine under the direction of Dr. Rachna Shah from air samples taken in Melrose Park on the roof of the Gottlieb ...

Spores from white pine are among the first to pollinate in the spring, causing allergy sufferers a problem. On the roof of 250 William Howard Taft Road in Corryville, a 1" greased rod spins every ten ...

Pollen is a nightmare for many of us as spring rolls around and our allergies make an appearance yet again. When the velvety yellow dust covers our porches and window frames, however, it becomes more ...

The pocked surfaces of treated spore grains, here shown magnified approximately 300 times, can remove unwanted chemicals from polluted water. Pollen and spore grains could be safely used to clean ...

Although rain is the most important agent in airborne biological particle deposition most of the current sampling traps retain palynomorphs (fern spore, fungal spore, pollen, among others) but are ...