There is a lot of confusion and concern around asymptomatic spread of SARS-C0V-2. An infectious disease expert explains how many people are asymptomatic and how they can spread the virus.
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SARS-CoV-2 can be spread through the air. But just how much of a factor that is has been hard to determine. Recent evidence suggests it is common, posing problems as public places begin to reopen.
The US may want to rethink its anti-China policy as Beijing’s focus on providing international coronavirus aid and digital and health care investments seems to be working.
Masks protect you from infection and protect others from getting sick. But authorities are leaving it up to individuals to decide if they want to wear masks on the bus or train. Here’s how to decide.
Low-wage workers are less likely than high-wage workers to have access to things like masks, hand sanitizer and training on how to prevent COVID-19 transmission.
Ford is assembling ventilators, LVMH is making hand sanitizer, and Chanel is making masks. Here’s why these and dozens of other companies are doing it.
Recommendations around mask usage are confusing. The science isn’t. Evidence shows that masks are extremely effective to slow the coronavirus and may be the best tool available right now to fight it.
The evidence on whether wearing masks and gloves in the community will actually protect against coronavirus isn’t strong. But if you’re going to take these precautions, you might as well do it right.
Shortages of face masks may grow worse as state-wide lockdowns end. An economist suggests price controls.
Without massive change, the US health care system will continue to be disorganized and inefficient.
The CDC is reconsidering its policy about the widespread public’s use of masks, as is the World Health Organization. Here are the facts about when it’s appropriate to wear a mask – and what kind.
With smoke haze this week at its most hazardous level yet, people on Australia’s east coast have been taking precautions to protect their health. But some methods are more effective than others.
Why did a hacktivist collective like Anonymous repurpose the image of Guy Fawkes for its ubiquitous masks? A scholar looks at how a 17th-century English villain became the face of resistance.
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
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Professor of Medicine, Epidemiologist, Physician, McMaster University
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Professor Emerita, Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University
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Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Control, UNSW
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Assistant Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University
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Senior Lecturer/Program Advisor, Griffith Graduate Infection Prevention and Control Program, Griffith University
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Professor, University of Sydney; RMIT University