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For months, global health experts have feared the collision of Covid-19 and the seasonal flu. But now, with flu season nearing and Covid-19 surging, averting a “twindemic” appears more challenging than initially predicted. The coronavirus has rebounded across Europe and -
Read part one of this blog here. Ventilation and Filtration: School Buildings Must Do More Some school websites do discuss ventilation and air filtration, critical strategies for controlling airborne spread. But here again, actions fall short. Open windows are a -
Scan the website of any school that has reopened in the Covid-19 era, and you’ll find a litany of “enhanced disinfection protocols.” Cleaning schedules for whiteboards, light switches, and cafeteria microwaves. Lists of government-approved carpet disinfectants. An accounting of “hypochlorous -
Novaerus is delighted to be supporting Clean Hospitals Day, a global awareness campaign created to highlight the importance of healthcare environmental hygiene. On the 10th of October 2020, Clean Hospitals Day will celebrate and empower key environmental hygiene healthcare workers. -
Novaerus Technology Powers New Galanz Air Disinfection Devices – Providing the First Line of Protection Against Airborne Viruses and Bacteria Dublin, Ireland, September 1, 2020 – Novaerus, an Irish company that manufactures and sells medical-grade, clean air solutions, has announced that it -
Read part one of this blog post here. Viral Outbreaks in the NICU Though the majority of NICU infections are bacterial, nosocomial viral infections have been widely reported, including outbreaks of syncytial virus (RSV), influenza H1N1, rotavirus, adenovirus, enterovirus, and -
Late one summer at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, a top American medical centre, routine microbiological surveillance revealed something unusual in the neonatal intensive care unit: Over four weeks, 23 newborns tested positive for adenovirus, though not a single NICU patient -
Well before SARS-CoV-2 began rampaging the globe, two virologists — one Dutch, one American — worried that just such a virus would explode and strike healthcare workers particularly hard. The scientists, Vincent Munster, Ph.D., and Seth Judson, Ph.D., knew that the -
Vanishing air pollution has been a big Covid-19 story, told in dramatic before-and-after images: Skyscrapers once obscured by a yellowish haze suddenly appear in sharp focus, now that factories have closed and traffic is sparse. But as nations emerge from -
When Adriano Trevisan died of COVID-19 in early 2020, he became the disease’s first Italian fatality. His death, at age 77, spurred a chain of events that have shed light on a critical question: How often is the disease spread -
The portable air dis-infection device has been independently tested and shown effective at reducing MS2 Bacteriophage, a surrogate for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), by 99.99% in 15 minutes. Dublin, Ireland, 27 April 2020 – Novaerus, an Irish company that manufactures and sells -
How exactly does the novel coronavirus spread? Do infectious particles — once launched by a sneeze, a cough, or an exhalation — drop from the air within seconds, or can they remain suspended for minutes, even hours? How far and
