Dr Asad Khan is a respiratory consultant who retired on ill-health grounds due to Long Covid. He spoke to Solidarity about ...

In his extensive written evidence, Professor Clive Beggs discussed the historical controversy surrounding airborne versus droplet-borne diseases. “During the pandemic, the WHO and many other ...

The Government’s Covid-19 UK-wide infection control guidelines for protecting patients and NHS staff are “flawed and need replacing”, a new report claims. A Royal College of Nursing ...

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 ...

The Scottish Government “dismissed” concerns about the airborne transmission of Covid during the pandemic, an inquiry has heard. Colin Poolman, director of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in ...

Mr Provan said: “We wrote in 2021 almost a year into the pandemic to say there was emerging evidence this wasn’t a droplet infection but an airborne one. They didn’t update the guidance and ...

A range of droplet diameters and different operating conditions were simulated. The results show that 100% of the airborne droplets and 99.6% of all cough droplets are retained by the helmet.

Airborne diseases transmit between people when droplets containing microorganisms remain suspended in the air, for example, after a person coughs. Here, find out more. Medical News Today ...

Although PPE gowns effectively repelled moisture during cleaning of a single device, Ofstead emphasized that technicians typically handle up to 10 instruments during a normal, 2-hour shift ...

In new research, researchers extensively searched for the origins of the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic by major public ...

A face shield is personal protective equipment to prevent airborne transmission of COVID-19. These face shields are made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which is hydrophilic. The respiratory ...