Researchers reported last week in the journal Physics of Fluids that tiny particles called aerosols probably don’t spread the virus that causes COVID-19 as effectively as larger droplets that ...

Most of the respiratory viruses including SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, influenza, measles, and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold can all spread via aerosols.

“What are traditionally called droplet precautions are not replaced wholesale, but instead are modified, expanded and deployed in a more effective manner in accordance with actual transmission ...

Coronavirus airborne spread was a hot topic this week, as hundreds of scientists urged the World Health Organization to acknowledge the importance of aerosols in COVID-19 transmission. The WHO ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind today’s global coronavirus pandemic, spreads primarily by inhalation of virus-laden aerosols at both short and long ranges —and a comprehensive new assessment of ...

From early on in the pandemic in Australia and around the world, debate has raged as to whether Covid-19 spreads via the airborne or droplet route. At the heart of the feud between Australia’s ...

Bacterial meningitis droplet precautions include wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) and isolating those with the disease. They can help reduce the spread of this disease from person to ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind today’s global coronavirus pandemic, spreads primarily by inhalation of virus-laden aerosols at both short and long ranges—and a comprehensive new assessment of ...