The World Health Organization has issued a report that transforms how the world understands respiratory infections like Covid, influenza and measles. Motivated by grave missteps in the pandemic, the ...

Motivated by grave missteps in the pandemic, the WHO convened about 50 experts in virology, epidemiology, aerosol science, and bioengineering, among other specialties, who spent 2 years poring through ...

The country could lose its measles eradication designation as unvaccinated populations allow sustained transmission.

The World Health Organization has defined a new set of criteria for infectious diseases spread through the air following significant controversy and confusion during the pandemic about how the ...

As the threat of measles and other infectious diseases continue to make headlines, more and more building and facility managers are searching for ways to reduce the threat from contagious airborne ...

This year's flu season is turning out to be brutal. As a new variant known as subclade K spreads rapidly, a study out today offers clues as to how to avoid the annual sickness. Researchers from ...

Following several years of collaboration with major public health agencies, the World Health Organization has broadened its classification of airborne diseases — a move that could have significant ...

The global COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated how easily respiratory diseases can be spread through coughing and sneezing. Accurately replicating airborne disease transmission is essential for ...

Barely three years after a pandemic disrupted life around the globe, reports of avian influenza infections moving from birds into mammals are surfacing. While it may be understandable that we were ...

The World Health Organization and 500 experts have established a consensus on the definition of airborne diseases. The groups are aiming to prevent confusion similar to that experienced during the ...

As the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 stretched on, scientists watched for all sorts of unintended effects, from social to economic to environmental. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...