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Can You Use Insurance to Pay for an Air Purifier? Austin Air Now Accepts HSA and FSA.
You may already have money that can cover this — and not realize it. Here’s what HSA and FSA accounts are, whether an air purifier qualifies, and how to pay with one at checkout. KEY TAKEAWAYS You can now pay...
Ragweed Peaks Right After Labor Day. Here’s What to Do Before It Does.
Ragweed season is already underway — but the worst of it is still ahead, and this year’s warm fall outlook could stretch it out. Here’s the prep-ahead checklist that actually works, and why the week before Labor Day is the...
How Air and Water Pollution Reach Inside Your Home, School, and Workplace KEY TAKEAWAYS The pattern is real. Across the country, cancer clusters keep turning up near Superfund sites, old industrial land, and heavy pollution—from Toms River and Woburn to...
Introducing Austin Air Rewards: Earn Points, Refer Friends, and Save on Clean Air
KEY TAKEAWAYS It’s our way to save—because we don’t discount. Austin Air doesn’t run sales, so the Rewards & Loyalty program is how our community earns savings. Free to join, quick to start. Create a free account, start earning points,...
Your Back-to-School Respiratory Reset: Get Ahead of Cold and Flu Season
Here's a simple, science-backed guide to building stronger respiratory health—for you and your kids—before the season peaks. KEY TAKEAWAYS You have a head start, so use it. Cold and flu season in the U.S. usually builds through the fall and...
New CDC Mold Data (2026): What It Really Means
The first U.S. study to measure invasive mold disease—who’s actually at risk, and what it means for the air in your home. KEY TAKEAWAYS • A new CDC surveillance study—the first of its kind in the U.S.—found roughly 450 invasive...
The Travesty No One Is Reporting: Schools Are Throwing Away the Air Purifiers Our Kids Still Need
Five or six years ago, putting air purifiers in classrooms was front-page news. Today those same machines are being sold on eBay, stacked in storage sheds, and left at the curb for the garbage truck—while asthmatic children sit in the...
How Long Does Wildfire Smoke Stay Inside Your Home — and How to Clear It Out Fast
The sky over your neighborhood is blue again. The acrid campfire smell has faded. After a week of Canadian wildfire smoke blanketing the Midwest and Northeast — with air-quality alerts stretched across 16 states at its peak ⁸— it finally feels...
Under the Radar: The Weather-Related Alerts Your Phone Isn’t Sending
The first in a series on the real effects of extreme weather that never make the forecast. Open any weather app this July and it will tell you what is coming—but this month, the story that matters most may be...