America Is Sleeping on a Powerful Defense Against Airborne Disease
The scientists had stressed that the idea of airborne transmission of the new virus was still mostly theoretical, but they’d ...
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The WHO overturned dogma on how airborne diseases spread. Will the CDC act on it?
The change puts fresh emphasis on the need to improve ventilation indoors and stockpile quality face masks before the next airborne disease explodes. Far from a remote possibility, measles is on ...
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Book Review: ‘Air-Borne,’ by Carl Zimmer
Their work indicated that tuberculosis was airborne. Ditto measles, still among the most contagious diseases on record. The Wellses hoped their research could protect the troops, warning that ...
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WHO Overturns Dogma on Airborne Disease Spread. The CDC Might Not Act on It.
The change puts fresh emphasis on the need to improve ventilation indoors and stockpile quality face masks before the next airborne disease explodes. Far from a remote possibility, measles is on ...
Computational model compares mpox's airborne transmission risk to COVID-19 and smallpox
A collaborative research effort between the A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR IDL) and the A*STAR Institute of High ...
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Study evaluates airborne transmission risk of mpox compared to COVID-19 and smallpox
A study by A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR IDL) and A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing (A*STAR IHPC) has assessed the airborne transmission risk of mpox compared to SARS-CoV-2 and ...
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Herpes Zoster: Reassessment of Isolation -- Precautions in Hospitals
This is especially true in the hospital setting where the infection can cause severe ... patients have to incorporate the same precautions of airborne transmission as with varicella patients ...