The H5N1 bird flu — widespread in wild birds worldwide and the cause of outbreaks in poultry, U.S. dairy cows and even several recent human cases among agricultural workers – is a prime example of ...

Researchers have characterized the seasonal effects on human social behavior to provide new insights on the risk of respiratory disease transmission. Researchers have characterised the seasonal ...

Climate change and its associated impacts have been closely linked to increased risks of infectious disease transmission, with projections indicating that these risks will further intensify the global ...

Insects may play a role in transmitting pathogens in heath care settings, according to findings from a systematic review.The review of 73 studies from around the globe uncovered “limited but ...

In the early days of the pandemic, one of the scariest and most surprising features of SARS-CoV-2 was its stealth. Initially assumed to transmit only from people who were actively sick—as its ...

In March 2022, President Biden announced the Clean Air in Buildings Challenge designed to lessen the risk of airborne infectious disease transmission in buildings, schools, and homes. Since the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers assessed the Oxford Nanopore Technologies sequencing approach for determining the health care ...

The world is fast approaching the third anniversary of those days when we got our first inkling that a new disease was spreading in China. In the months that followed, normal life was suspended, then ...