Particles Carrying Viruses Likely Travel Farther Than Previously Thought
New research from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory raises questions about how far droplets, like those that carry the virus ...
Tag: Airborne Transmission
Let’s Not Forget About the Other Respiratory Viruses
With all the focus on COVID-19, let’s not forget about rhinoviruses, influenza, RSV, and adenoviruses. With coronaviruses taking over our ...
US Must Unify Atmospheric Biology Research or Risk National Security
In the United States, research and monitoring of airborne organisms is split between an array of federal agencies. The USDA ...
SARS-CoV-2 Isn’t Spread Very Well By the Small Droplets That Linger Longest
Aerosol microdroplets, the tiny particles that linger in the air longest after we talk, cough, or sneeze, do not appear ...
UC Davis Study Compares Particles Emitted By Different Face Coverings While Talking, Coughing
Laboratory tests of surgical and N95 masks by researchers at the University of California, Davis, show that they do cut ...
What a Smoky Bar Can Teach Us About the ‘6-foot Rule’ During the COVID-19 Pandemic
When people envision social distancing, they typically think about the “6-foot rule.” It’s true that staying 6 feet from other ...
Children Might Play a Bigger Role in COVID Transmission Than First Thought
Over the weekend, the World Health Organisation made an announcement you might have missed. It recommended children aged 12 years ...
Reinfection with Coronavirus a Few Months After Recovery – What Does This Mean for Immunity?
A 33-year old man was found to have a second SARS-CoV-2 infection some four-and-a-half months after he was diagnosed with ...
DHS Launches New Modeling Tool for Predicting SARS-CoV-2 Virus Stability Indoors
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has released a predictive modeling tool to estimate natural ...
A Replaceable, More Efficient Filter for N95 Masks
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there's been a worldwide shortage of face masks -- particularly, the N95 ones worn by ...
Multidisciplinary Studies to Improve Understanding of Influenza Transmission
The National Institutes of Health is seeking applications for collaborative, multidisciplinary research to comprehensively investigate the dynamics and drivers of ...
Characterising Viable H1N1 Virus from Air Exhaled Infected Ferrets
The novel methodology and findings described here highlight the fate of infectious virus outside the respiratory tract as an important ...
