Climate change has already made allergy season longer and pollen counts higher, but you ain’t sneezed nothing yet. As the world warms, allergy season will start weeks earlier and end many days later — and it’ll be worse while it lasts, with pollen levels that could as much as triple in some places, according to a new study Tuesday in …
Simply wearing a mask may not be enough to prevent the spread of COVID-19 without social distancing, suggest the findings of a new study. In Physics of Fluids by AIP Publishing, researchers tested how five different types of mask materials impacted the spread of droplets that carry the coronavirus when we cough or sneeze. “Without a face mask, it is …
The term is used to describe infected individuals who can spread the virus to several people and drive disease outbreaks. The basic reproduction number of COVID-19 is estimated to be about three, which means a contagious person can potentially infect three healthy people The term superspreader has gotten much attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. The basic reproduction number of COVID-19 …
Psychiatry professor Damiaan Denys of the Amsterdam University Medical Center was awarded an Ig Nobel prize for his years-long research into Misophonia - a mental illness in which certain sounds like snoring, chewing, slurping or lip smacking can drive people to extreme tendencies. The Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded to research that first makes you laugh, and then makes you …