A new COVID-19 variant that some have dubbed the "Cicada" variant is quietly spreading across the globe, carrying an unusually high number of mutations that could help it slip past existing immunity, ...

A team of Charlottesville-based University of Virginia researchers is developing a decontamination robot that uses 3D imaging and ultraviolet light to kill COVID-19 pathogens, according to local NBC ...

Animal-borne illnesses that infect humans, known as zoonotic viruses, require little to no evolution before jumping between ...

A new commentary published in Environmental Health Perspectives, urges the scientific community to continue research on the airborne transmission of pathogens. The commentary cites the importance of ...

The World Health Organization is opening up the definition of airborne pathogens – such as Covid-19, influenza and measles – to include when respiratory droplets spread through the air and when they ...

Scientists have found measures to combat the Coronavirus pandemic had little impact on the reporting of foodborne infections in Argentina. The paper analyzed selected foodborne diseases in Argentina ...

Oxford University has partnered with global technology corporation Oracle, to create a Global Pathogen Analysis System (GPAS) that enables scientists and decision-makers to quickly identify COVID-19 ...