The WHO concluded that airborne transmission occurs as sick people exhale pathogens that remain suspended in the air, contained in tiny particles of saliva and mucus that are inhaled by others.

The World Health Organization (WHO) for the first time has reached a consensus on the definition of airborne disease transmission. According to a report by news agency Reuters, this unified ...

The World Health Organization has issued a report that transforms how the world understands respiratory infections like COVID ...

The World Health Organization and 500 experts have established a consensus on the definition of airborne diseases. The groups are aiming to prevent confusion similar to that experienced during the ...

US federal funding helped to build an unprecedented collection of SARS-like viruses at the Wuhan institute, as well as ...

Study: Pollution surpasses war, diseases as top human threat, causing seven million deaths annually worldwide.

CO2 is a good proxy for how much exhaled — and potentially infectious — air is in a room. New research suggests the more CO2 ...

The Department of Public Health is warning of a potential measles exposure at PHL on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend.

One infected person in a crowded room can spread the disease to nearly every other person present who hasn't been vaccinated. Primarily a childhood viral illness spread through airborne droplets ...

People can become infected by viruses that are normally limited to birds in specific situations. The disease is not airborne; ...

Grant. Also known as the "white plague," tuberculosis is a contagious, airborne bacterial disease transmitted through coughing, sneezing, and talking. Even singing or laughing at close range can ...