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A new device, invented by scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, which mounts on a hat and provides an "air screen" to protect from viruses. (courtesy of Wisdom Wearables)
November 24, 2022, 3:58 pm
Israeli scientists invent face mask made of thin air, which blows virus away
Instead of fabric on face, small air-pressure device is worn on baseball cap, creating a ‘shield’ blocking 62% of incoming, 99% of outgoing virus droplets, says peer-reviewed study
By Nathan Jeffay
SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (NIAID-RML via AP)
January 3, 2022, 12:41 pm
Study: Coronavirus spreads quickly throughout body, can linger in organs for months
US National Institutes of Health finds SARS-CoV-2 disseminates widely even in people who have asymptomatic illness
By ToI Staff
A medical worker wearing PPE (personal protective equipment) takes a swab sample from a woman during a mass testing event at a sport complex in Bangkok on April 17, 2021, after the recent outbreak of coronavirus cases in Thailand. (Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)
April 17, 2021, 5:19 pm
How does the coronavirus compare with other deadly viruses?
The pandemic has killed more people than most, but not all, other viral epidemics in the 20th and 21st centuries
By AFP
A municipality worker wearing a face mask and protective suits disinfects chairs outside the the historical Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as Blue Mosque, amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Istanbul, March 21, 2020 (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
March 21, 2020, 2:51 pm
World underestimated pandemic, says former World Bank VP who saw it coming
Professor Ian Goldin argues pandemics have always threatened humanity more than wars, but governments overfund armies and don’t give enough to health systems
By Veronique DUPONT
Health officials inspect bats to be confiscated and culled in the wake of coronavirus outbreak at a live animal market in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, March 14, 2020. (AP Photo)
March 17, 2020, 2:27 pm
Viruses expected to increase with global warming – expert
Population growth, loss of natural habitats likely to bring wild animals into more contact with humans, easing way for infectious diseases to jump between species
By Sue Surkes
A frozen box of flu virus strains is seen at the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health, on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, in Bethesda, Md. 2018 was the 100th anniversary of the Spanish Flu pandemic. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
March 8, 2020, 3:38 am
Coronavirus follows a century of epidemics, dating back to the Spanish Flu
AIDS is by far the most deadly epidemic of modern times, with 32 million victims; post-World War I Spanish Flu killed up to 50 million
By Olivier THIBAULT and Jean-Philippe CHOGNOT
Market workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant at a market in the southeastern city of Daegu, South Korea, on February 23, 2020, as a preventive measure after the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. (YONHAP / AFP)
February 23, 2020, 1:04 pm
Coronavirus: What we know and what we don’t
What is the mortality rate? How infectious is it? And how is it transmitted from person to person? There is still much to be learned, but here are some preliminary answers
By Stéphane ORJOLLET
An epidemic prevention worker in a protective suit stands by to get on board the cruise ship SuperStar Aquarius docked at Keelung port in New Taipei City, Taiwan, Saturday, Feb, 8, 2020. (AP/Chiang Ying-ying)
February 9, 2020, 3:06 am
China virus death toll tops 800, surpassing SARS outbreak
Health officials say coronavirus may have stabilized, but too early to determine if tally of infections, now over 37,000, has peaked
By AFP
Medical staff in protective clothes are seen carrying a patient from an apartment suspected of having the virus in Wuhan, in Hubei province of China, January 30, 2020. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
February 3, 2020, 9:25 am
Virus death toll in mainland China spikes, overtakes SARS
57 people die in most fatal day since outbreak of new coronavirus, bringing China’s toll to 361; 1,000-bed hospital set to open Monday after just 10 days of construction
By Jing Xuan Teng and Beiyi Seow
Medical staff members carry a patient into the Jinyintan hospital, before COVID-19 had been identified, in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province, January 18, 2020. (AFP)
January 20, 2020, 7:57 pm
Health Ministry issues warning as alarm spreads over deadly Chinese virus
Officials advise those visiting Wuhan to stay away from animal markets and those who have respiratory disease; doctor confirms human-to-human transmission
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A Muslim pilgrim wears a surgical mask to prevent infection from the MERS virus, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Hasan Jamali)
June 17, 2015, 1:16 pm
Israel girds for possible MERS virus outbreak
Despite a number of confirmed cases in neighboring Jordan and Egypt, the deadly disease has not reached Israel
By Tamar Pileggi
Camels resting in Wadi Rum desert in Jordan, February 8, 2013 (Photo credit: Lucie March/Flash 90)
February 25, 2014, 8:01 am
Deadly MERS virus traced to Saudi camels
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome has killed 79 people in region since being identified in 2012, but scientists say earlier transfer to humans possible
By Maria Cheng
October 13, 2013, 7:03 pm
Muslim hajj crowds thinned by virus concerns
Respiratory infection causes number of Mecca pilgrims to plummet by 1 million in comparison to last year
By NABIL HARIDI
May 26, 2013, 11:18 pm
Saudi death toll from new virus reaches 18
World Health Organization investigating SARS-like disease
Illustrative. Palestinian schoolchildren wearing protective masks during an outbreak of a virus in 2009 (photo credit: Wissam Nassar/Flash 90)
May 14, 2013, 4:48 pm
Saudi Arabia: 4 new cases of SARS-linked virus
30 incidents of the deadly respiratory disease have been recorded in the Kingdom in the last year
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