airborne transmission

Researches have learned a lot in 2020 about how the coronavirus spreads through the air.

For Scientists Who Study Virus Transmission, 2020 Was A Watershed Year

7:01am December 26, 2020

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The emergence of COVID-19 started scientists on a year-long, crash course to learn how this virus might travel through the air and how to stop it. They learned a lot, and quickly.

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Coronavirus FAQs: Why Can't The CDC Make Up Its Mind About Airborne Transmission?

1:46pm September 25, 2020

by Pien Huang

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week said that COVID-19 spreads "most commonly" through air — then took it back. Is this something I should be worried about?

A quartz UV germicidal lamp is used to disinfect a train at the Sviblovo station of the Moscow Metro transit system.

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Coronavirus Sparks New Interest In Using Ultraviolet Light To Disinfect Indoor Air

4:29pm July 13, 2020

by Will Stone

Germicidal ultraviolet light technology has a proven track record against indoor transmission of tuberculosis and other airborne viruses. It's now being used in some restaurants and on subways.

Undergraduate Shira Rubin gamely demonstrates the Gesundheit machine, which collects samples of virus from the breath that sick students exhale. Rubin helps Dr. Somayeh Youssefi (left) set up the machine before patients use it.

When The Flu Hits Campus, The Gesundheit Machine Will Be Ready

4:29pm February 02, 2018

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

It's a particularly harsh flu season. In the close quarters of dorm rooms and cafeterias and study groups, the flu will come to college campuses. And when it does, one scientist will be ready.

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Patients in a tuberculosis center in South Africa.

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Why Is Extensively Drug-Resistant TB On The Rise?

5:07pm January 18, 2017

by Jason Beaubien

There are two main theories. A new study of South African patients points to the scarier of the two.