by admin | Feb 12, 2024 | Viruses
Originally Published by Yale Medicine As cold winter weather drives people indoors and flu, colds, and other seasonal respiratory viruses circulate, SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, has continued to mutate and spread. Most recently a strain called...
by admin | Jan 8, 2024 | Viruses
Originally Published by The Hill The U.S. is riding another wave of rising COVID-19 infections, as holiday gatherings and a new variant are driving increased transmission. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the wastewater viral activity...
by admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Viruses
Originally Published by Fortune Well COVID wastewater levels are trending steeply upward in the U.S. It may leave you wondering if your winter illness is because of humanity’s newest scourge or something different entirely. As always, it’s impossible to distinguish...
by admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Viruses
Originally Published by the Chicago Sun Times Winter’s arrival and the drop in temperatures that come with it means it’s a good time to take stock of what to do — and what not to do — when you’re feeling sick. Colds, influenza and other respiratory illnesses tend to...
by admin | Dec 26, 2023 | Viruses
Originally Published by National Geographic Yet another holiday season. Yet another round of highly contagious respiratory viruses threatening to ruin our festive plans. Cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are up, flu is widely circulating, and COVID-19 is...
by admin | Dec 4, 2023 | Viruses
Originally Published by CleanLink Fall is the start of the annual outbreak season. Commonly called, “Virus Season”, outbreaks are most prevalent between November and April, but are by no means limited to viruses alone. How dirty is dirty? Wherever people congregate...