Monkeypox virus is a completely different virus than the viruses that cause COVID-19 or measles. It is not known to linger in the air and is not transmitted during short periods of shared airspace.

Q: How does understanding the evolution of virulence help us to manage infectious disease? A: For most of the last two centuries people have been using interventions to knock down infectious diseases ...

East Africa, with an abundance of free-ranging wild animals, livestock transhumance, and interactions between animals and humans at various interfaces, combined with a tropical climate, hosts ...

Researchers estimate the risk of infectious disease transmission on board transcontinental airline flights. More than a dozen cases of transmission of infectious diseases onboard airline flights have ...