SINGAPORE-Transmission via contaminated surfaces at the Jurong Fishery Port was possible, though unlikely to be the dominant route of Covid-19 spread, said experts here. The largest active cluster in Singapore, which has more than 1, 000 cases linked to it, began after a number of fishmongers who had visited the fishery port tested positive. Singapore's director of medical services, Associate Professor Kenneth Mak, said at a July 20 press conference of the multi-ministry task force tackling Covi

A cluster of severe hepatitis cases among children in Alabama has prompted the country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a nationwide health alert.... Recommended Hepatitis symptoms in children: The signs to look for Number of cases of hepatitis in children being investigated rises to 108 The CDC has ruled out some common causes of liver inflammation, including the hepatitis A, B and C viruses, in the Alabama cases.... “ Cases of pediatric hepatitis in children who tested n

HONG KONG — At Hong Kong’s deserted airport, cleaning crews constantly spray baggage trolleys, elevator buttons and check-in counters with antimicrobial solutions.... In London, many pubs spent lots of money on intensive surface cleaning to reopen after lockdown — before closing again in November. All over the world, workers are soaping, wiping and fumigating surfaces with an urgent sense of purpose: to fight the coronavirus.... But Shelly Miller, an expert on aerosols at the University of Col

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“ When you talk about the peer-reviewed studies of masks, there was one done in Denmark, showed that it didn’t work.... ’ Well, it turns out the teachers are infected at the same rate as the rest of the public.... So, they’ve had no masks for a year, year and a half....