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Study reveals mental health burden in the Flint community five years after water crisis

Data from the largest mental health survey of the Flint, Michigan community indicate that one in five adults, or roughly 13,600 people, were estimated to have clinical depression, and one in four, or 15,000 people, were estimated to have PTSD five years after the water crisis began.

20 Sep 2022

Viable monkeypox virus found in nearly all environmental samples from patient's room in first week of infection

In a new study, researchers investigated the presence of viable monkeypox virus (MPXV) in a room occupied by an infected male patient admitted to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID), Singapore.

20 Sep 2022

How can Legionella pneumophila transmit through the hot water plumbing of residences and office buildings?

Researchers investigate the transmission of the causative agent of legionellosis, Legionella pneumophila, through hot water plumbing systems in commercial and residential buildings.

8 Sep 2022

The first dose response for SARS-CoV-2 solution exposed to UV222

Researchers used culture and molecular assays to provide the first dose-response for SARS-CoV-2 solution exposed to UV222.

30 Aug 2022

Monkeypox virus detected on household items

The CDC study describes how the monkeypox virus spreads on household surfaces.

29 Aug 2022

Resistance to recognizing airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 may be rooted in historical error

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 health organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (US-CDC).

25 Aug 2022

Contamination in the household of monkeypox-infected individuals

In a new study, researchers reported high-contact surface and object contamination in a household of individuals infected with the monkeypox virus.

24 Aug 2022

Monkeypox can persist in household environments, according to CDC study

Researchers assess the viability and viral load of MPXV on household objects and surfaces.

15 Aug 2022

Using microrobotic platforms for endodontic therapy and diagnostics

With its irregularities and anatomical complexities, the root canal system is one of the most clinically challenging spaces in the oral cavity.

9 Aug 2022

How do the rates of SARS-CoV-2 shedding into exhaled breath aerosol differ between individuals infected by different variants?

A recent article analyzed the SARS-CoV-2 shedding evolution in exhaled breath aerosols.

3 Aug 2022

SARS-CoV-2 surrogates can survive on refrigerated or frozen meat products for up to 30 days, study finds

SARS-CoV-2 surrogates can survive on meat products in the refrigerator or the freezer, for up to 30 days. Those findings are published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

11 Jul 2022

Findings do not prove that monkeypox infection can occur from contact with surfaces

During the currently evolving outbreak of monkeypox cases outside of known endemic areas, transmission is mainly driven by close physical contact with symptomatic people.

1 Jul 2022

Molecular modeling techniques describe the process of interaction between nanotubes and the main structures of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers assessed the interactions between carbon nanotubes and SARS-CoV-2.

7 Jun 2022

Finsen Tech ties up with market opportunity specialist Sanollo to open international doors for its UVC disinfection products

Global company Finsen Tech, the world-renowned pioneers in UVC innovation to control the spread of infectious pathogens, has entered into an alliance with successful UK-based market opportunity specialist Sanollo.

6 Jun 2022

Diabetes drug can improve the efficiency and efficacy of antibacterial treatments

Old dogs may not learn new tricks, but old drugs can, according to a research team based in China. The collaboration found that Metformin, a small molecule drug that has been used to treat type II diabetes for more than 50 years, can improve the efficiency and efficacy of antibacterial treatments for quick wound-healing in mice.

27 May 2022

Engineered water nanostructures as a new technology against SARS-CoV-2

In a recent study published in the MDPI journal Nanomaterials, a research group from the United States (US) has shown the possibility of inactivating surrogates of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on surfaces with the use of specific water nanostructures incorporated with nature-derived antimicrobials.

24 May 2022

Disinfection News and Research

Study reveals mental health burden in the Flint community five years after water crisis

Viable monkeypox virus found in nearly all environmental samples from patient's room in first week of infection

How can Legionella pneumophila transmit through the hot water plumbing of residences and office buildings?

The first dose response for SARS-CoV-2 solution exposed to UV222

Monkeypox virus detected on household items

Resistance to recognizing airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 may be rooted in historical error

Contamination in the household of monkeypox-infected individuals

Monkeypox can persist in household environments, according to CDC study

Using microrobotic platforms for endodontic therapy and diagnostics

How do the rates of SARS-CoV-2 shedding into exhaled breath aerosol differ between individuals infected by different variants?

SARS-CoV-2 surrogates can survive on refrigerated or frozen meat products for up to 30 days, study finds

Findings do not prove that monkeypox infection can occur from contact with surfaces

Molecular modeling techniques describe the process of interaction between nanotubes and the main structures of SARS-CoV-2

Finsen Tech ties up with market opportunity specialist Sanollo to open international doors for its UVC disinfection products

Diabetes drug can improve the efficiency and efficacy of antibacterial treatments

Engineered water nanostructures as a new technology against SARS-CoV-2

Sweeping, limited, or no powers at all? What’s at stake in the mask mandate appeal

Study offers provable standards for SARS-CoV-2 UVC disinfection

The war against COVID-19: reinfection, vaccines, and herd immunity

Judge’s ruling on the CDC mask mandate highlights the limits of the agency’s power

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