Scientists have long known that ultraviolet light can kill pathogens on surfaces and in air and water. UV robots are used to disinfect empty hospital rooms, buses and trains; UV bulbs in HVAC systems ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has elevated scrutiny over how pathogens leap into humans like no crisis before it. To better understand how those events happen — and to better respond when they do — the World ...

Just like the year before, the pandemic was the silent uninvited guest at gatherings this past holiday season. As we now enter year three of dealing with Covid, it’s only human nature to wonder when ...

Surveillance of certain bacterial pathogens was maintained in Germany despite a reduction in sample submissions during the first part of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the Robert Koch-Institut ...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (Reuters) - A new type of coronavirus believed to have originated in dogs was detected among patients hospitalised with pneumonia in 2017-2018, and may be the eighth unique ...

PHOENIX and BEVERLY, Mass., July 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Amidst the darkness of the pandemic, a shining light from the COVID-19 response is the proliferation of better, faster, more accurate — and ...

One of the big stories of the coronavirus pandemic has been COVID-19 neutralizing antibodies (NAbs). NAbs are produced by B cells within the immune system and are characterized by stopping infections ...

A Facebook post has claimed that COVID-19 vaccines take away the human rights of recipients by turning them into genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This is false. The claim was included in a ...