The good news is that infection prevention actions are something that anyone can learn.” Understand the chain of transmission. The best place to start, Duncan says, is with a model known as the chain ...

Once a norovirus transmission chain begins, it can be very difficult to break. The virus can spread before symptoms start, and then for more than a week after they resolve.

This rapid change triggers a chain reaction inside the droplet. One key component inside these droplets is bicarbonate, which acts as a buffer and is formed when CO₂ dissolves in liquid.

Among 108 patients with MPXV infection confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), the median age at infection was 22 years; 51.9% of patients were female, and 29.0% were sex ...