MDH investigators say a child was infectious while visiting the indoor theme park at the Mall of America on May 24. People who were at the mall between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. that day may have been ...

Costa Rica Hotel Responds to Carbon Monoxide Being Found in Room After Miller Gardner’s Death. After Miller Gardner’s suspected cause of death was updated to carbon monoxide poisoning, the ...

Recent viral mutations have shown avian influenza’s adaptability to mammalian hosts, prompting infectious disease, animal health, and environmental health experts to remain vigilant.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a near-perfect predator. In 1882, Robert Koch, the physician who discovered the microbe, told a room full of scientists that it caused one in seven of all deaths. In ...

The virus is so infectious that if you are in a room with an infected person and you are not vaccinated and have never had measles before, you have a 90% chance of becoming infected.

The most powerful person in a room may be much more unassuming than you expect. To discover who they are, you must turn to subtle social cues. Here are 10 social cues that reveal who secretly ...

More than 200 people now have measles in rural Texas and neighboring New Mexico. Dipping vaccination rates mean outbreaks could become more common.

In February 2024, government veterinarians in the Czech Republic investigating a bird flu outbreak found themselves in the middle of a puzzling case.

We performed computational fluid dynamics simulation and passive scalar transport calculations to model the spread of virus from one infectious source among ten people in a meeting room for 1 h ...

CADR scores are based on approximately five air changes per hour (ACH), a good baseline for non-medical use. To learn more about other recommended CADR scores for higher risk environments, consult ...

Noah Wyle leads a team of 'ER' veterans in Max medical drama 'The Pitt', a real-time chronicle of a 15-hour shift in a Pittsburgh emergency room.

These infectious aerosols are airborne, and they readily move with air currents. Every time the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system turns on or the door to an exam room is opened ...