What are aerosols and droplets all about anyway? (Image: Quinn Lemmers for Yahoo Life/Stocksy) Experts first isolated SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols back in March, but the extent to which the virus spreads ...

I am a scientist that studies infectious diseases and I specialize in severe respiratory infections, but I also serve as a member of my church’s safety team. Over the past few weeks as states began to ...

Speech droplets generated by asymptomatic carriers of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are increasingly considered to be a likely mode of disease transmission. Highly ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Two groups of researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have published papers on the droplets of liquid sprayed by coughs or sneezes and how far they can travel under different ...

In April, a team of scientists released an alarming video showing how spittle flies through the air when we speak. It suggested that the simple act of speaking could spread the novel coronavirus — if ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. An MIT researcher has warned that coronavirus droplets could travel up to 27 feet, which could have major ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 16: A woman walks without a protective mask during the coronavirus pandemic on May 16, 2020 in New York City. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming ...

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A debate has erupted among researchers over the potential for the pandemic coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, to spread through the air and—if it does so often enough—what to do about it. Though talk of ...