Do air cleaners really work? Yes! It’s easy to confuse portable air cleaners with whole-home air cleaners. While both work, a portable air cleaner only cleans the air in a small space, like one room, ...

Some portable air cleaners generate chemicals such as ozone, formaldehyde and hydroxyl radicals to kill microbes. ArtistGNDphotography/E+ via Getty Images Portable air cleaners aimed at curbing indoor ...

I’ve been researching, testing and recommending products since 2020. Even if you regularly vacuum your carpeted floors and upholstered furniture, most soft surfaces in your home could benefit from the ...

Air purifiers, also known as portable air cleaners, are household appliances that improve indoor air quality by removing airborne pollutants from circulation. Many of the best air purifiers boast ...

The introduction of portable home air purifiers can significantly improve certain markers of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, according to a six-month study from Johns Hopkins ...

The Atovio Pebble is unlike traditional air purifiers. Instead of a bulky device kept at one place, you wear the Pebble around your neck, turn it on, and that’s it. The device will remove harmful ...

Atmosphere by The Weather Channel curates products and services for all seasons. If you buy something from one of our links, we may earn a commission. During my formative years, I suffered horribly ...

You wouldn’t be alone: a viewer asked us about the health benefits of using an air purifier, so our researchers looked into it. Yes – but its effectiveness depends on the type of purifier, what kind ...

Researchers in Finland published interim results in March from an ongoing study on the effectiveness of portable air cleaners in daycare centers to reduce childhood infections. The study compared two ...

A new study shows that masking and portable air cleaners reduced the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 in two Swiss schools. A team led by Nicolas Banholzer and Kathrin Zürcher of the ...