A decade ago, a highly contagious and deadly new illness sent people worldwide scrambling to cancel flights and holidays as schools closed and sales of surgical masks spiked.
Mar 9, 2013
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The last century has seen two major pandemics caused by the H1N1 virus -- the Spanish Flu in 1918 and 2009's Swine Flu scare, which had thousands travelling with surgical masks and clamoring for vaccination. But scientists ...
Aug 15, 2011
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Advisors to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expected to approve new draft guidelines for hospital infection control this week, the first update since 2007.
Nov 3, 2023
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Nurses, researchers, and workplace safety officers worry new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might reduce protection against the coronavirus and other airborne pathogens in hospitals.
Sep 20, 2023
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The air is thick, a yellowish gray blanketing the mid-Atlantic region. Streets are empty and quiet; commuters and dog walkers hurry by in masks cupped around their noses and mouths. Eyes sting. Breathing becomes labored. ...
Jun 9, 2023
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Requirements to wear surgical masks in a large London hospital during the first 10 months of omicron activity (December 2021 to September 2022) made no discernible difference to reducing hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infections, ...
Apr 7, 2023
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The question of whether and to what extent face masks work to prevent respiratory infections such as COVID and influenza has split the scientific community for decades.
Feb 7, 2023
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Almost three years into the pandemic, myths and misinformation remain widespread. Here we, a virologist and a public health researcher, debunk some common misconceptions about COVID.
Nov 29, 2022
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and when maximum protection is needed against air-born infections, the N95 respirator has remained the gold standard of personal protective equipment. However, it is also much more difficult ...
Aug 25, 2022
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Health departments are predicting another COVID surge related, in part, to more easily transmitted new variants and waning immunity.
Jul 20, 2022
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