The World Health Organization is opening up the definition of airborne pathogens – such as Covid-19, influenza and measles – ...
After a drawn-out global controversy over the coronavirus, the W.H.O. has updated its classification of how pathogens spread ...
The World Health Organization issued a new report indicating that pathogens spread "through the air" is a better descriptor ...
The World Health Organization was criticized for being too slow to classify COVID-19 as airborne. Will the new terminology ...
After grave missteps in the COVID pandemic, the World Health Organization revisited the science and now confirms that many ...
The World Health Organization and around 500 experts have established a consensus on what it means for a disease to spread ...
The World Health Organization published a consensus statement on airborne pathogens, finally aligning the WHO with scientists ...
The World Health Organization updated its classification of airborne diseases last month in a move expected to influence infection control policies globally. However, it's unclear whether the CDC will ...
The new definition emphasizes the importance of considering not only the level of proof but also factors such as the risk of ...
The updated terminology reflects the consensus that, whether fine, micro particles or "droplets," either can be transmitted "through the air" — a phrase experts agreed can be used in a general way to ...
A WHO advisory committee outlined a new set of definitions that more accurately reflect the science of airborne disease ...
Just a short time after “Gone With the Wind star” Vivien Leigh appeared at Atlanta’s Loews Grand Theatre for the 1939 premiere of the legendary film, the British actress caught tuberculosis on a trip ...