Health Apr 19 Good ventilation helps prevent COVID spread — if businesses invest in it By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News
Science Feb 09 Why Lyme and other tick-borne diseases are on the rise The complex interplay of ticks, their habitats and hosts — along with changes in land use and climate — may be enabling the spread of the pathogens they carry. By Ula Chrobak, Knowable Magazine
Health Jul 29 How these mutations made delta the most transmissible COVID variant yet Scientists are trying to piece together why the delta variant so readily infects unvaccinated Americans, spewing 1,000 times more virus particles. By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News
Health Jun 01 Analysis: Monitoring disease ‘hot spots’ could prevent the next pandemic A more coordinated effort by scientists, stakeholders and community members will be required to stop the next deadly virus that's already circulating in our midst. By Maureen Miller, The Conversation
Health May 28 As COVID dissipates in the U.S., cold and flu viruses may return with a vengeance Some experts point to a series of factors that could make for a rough re-entry to the mixed microbes world of cold and flu viruses. By Helen Branswell, STAT
May 27 Can people vaccinated against COVID-19 still spread the coronavirus? By Sanjay Mishra, The Conversation The COVID-19 vaccines are a smash success. But that doesn't mean they keep every vaccinated person completely free of the coronavirus. Continue reading
Nov 03 Does weather affect the spread of the coronavirus outside? By Associated Press The World Health Organization says the virus can be transmitted in any kind of weather and that there is no reason to believe that cold weather can kill it. Continue reading
Oct 29 Here’s what the new CDC guidance on 15 minutes of COVID-19 exposure means for you By Ryan Malosh, The Conversation New guidance from the CDC says that 15 minutes of exposure – regardless of whether that occurs at one time – can result in transmission of the coronavirus. Continue reading
Oct 02 How long could I be contagious before a positive virus test? By Associated Press Studies have shown that people may be contagious for about two days before developing COVID-19 symptoms. Experts say right before developing symptoms is when people are likely the most contagious. Continue reading
Sep 22 CDC changes, then retracts, web posting on how virus spreads By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press The top U.S. public health agency stirred confusion by posting — and then taking down — an apparent change in its position on how easily the coronavirus can spread from person to person through the air. Continue reading