/ Built environment Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /coronavirus/news/media-advisory-uc-davis-live-coronavirus-built-environment <p>Can the way we design and use buildings affect the transmission of COVID-19? Will the pandemic affect how we think about indoor spaces where we live and work? In the next ºÙºÙÊÓƵ LIVE: COVID-19, July 16, we will hear from two researchers who study the microbes that live in buildings and how they can affect our health.</p> <p>The guests:</p> July 13, 2020 - 9:00am Andy Fell /coronavirus/news/media-advisory-uc-davis-live-coronavirus-built-environment /coronavirus/news/covid-19-and-built-environment <p>Social distancing has Americans mostly out of the places they usually gather and in&nbsp;their homes as we try to reduce the spread of COVID-19. But some buildings, such as hospitals and grocery stores, have to remain open, and at some point, most of us will go back to the office or workplace. What is the role of building design in disease transmission, and can we change how we design the built environment to make it healthier?</p> April 10, 2020 - 11:46am Andy Fell /coronavirus/news/covid-19-and-built-environment