Hygiene (Hands, Environment, Air)

Recommitting to Ventilation Standards for Healthy Indoor Air Quality

by admin | Sep 4, 2024 | Hygiene (Hands, Environment, Air), Prevention Management

By Joseph G. Allen Source AJPH The history of ventilation is fraught, indeed. We are in the sick building era, ushered in by a historic mistake in...

Detection and spread of high pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 in the Antarctic Region

by admin | Sep 3, 2024 | Clinical Manifestations, Epidemiology, Hygiene (Hands, Environment, Air), News & Commentary, Prevention Management, Scientific reports

By Ashley C. Banyard et al. Source Nature Abstract Until recent events, the Antarctic was the only major geographical region in which high...

Persistence of Influenza H5N1 and H1N1 Viruses in Unpasteurized Milk on Milking Unit Surfaces

by admin | Jun 24, 2024 | Hygiene (Hands, Environment, Air), News & Commentary, Prevention Management

By Valerie Le Sage et al. Source CDC Abstract Examining the persistence of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) from cattle and human influenza...

Texas Team’s Wastewater Surveillance Can Pick Up Concerning H5N1 Mutations

by admin | May 16, 2024 | Hygiene (Hands, Environment, Air), Prevention Management

By Kristina Fiore Source Medpagetoday While the CDC's recently launched wastewater dashboardopens in a new tab or window reports levels of influenza...

Monitoring multi-pathogens and SARS-CoV-2 variants in aircraft and airport wastewater

by admin | May 11, 2024 | Hygiene (Hands, Environment, Air), Prevention Management

By Martin Tay et al. As global travel resumed in COVID-19 endemicity, the potential of aircraft wastewater monitoring to provide early warning of...

The airborne transmission of viruses causes tight transmission bottlenecks

by admin | Apr 26, 2024 | Hygiene (Hands, Environment, Air), Prevention Management

By Patrick Sinclair et al. Source Nature Abstract The transmission bottleneck describes the number of viral particles that initiate an infection in...