A sneeze can carry the coronavirus pathogen in droplets and in aerosols — and they could land on a surface, making it a fomite. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Peter Dazeley/Getty Images A sneeze can carry the coronavirus pathogen in droplets and in aerosols — and they could land on a surface, making…
According to a new study, speech can generate thousands of mini-droplets that, in a closed environment, can hang in the air for up to 14 minutes and lead to transmission of the novel coronavirus, SARS CoV-2. The research was published this past week in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary…
NEW DELHI: A Canadian study on flu has clear implications for COVID-19, as it found that an unobstructed cough could travel over two metres (six feet) in less than three seconds, and keep going. First reported by the South China Morning Post on Thursday, the study was led by Canada's Western University and has been…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…