The flu spreads quickly in crowded places like schools, offices, cruise ships, and public transportation, where it's easier to come into contact with infected people or the surfaces their droplets ...

The flu spreads mainly through droplets when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks. People can also get sick by touching surfaces where those droplets have landed, and then touch their nose ...

The flu spreads mainly through droplets when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks. People can also get sick by touching surfaces where those droplets have landed, and then touch their nose ...

Doctors explain how the flu is transmitted, mainly via respiratory droplets and sometimes via airborne particles. Plus, how to protect yourself from infection.

The study also found that when flu patients wear a surgical mask, the release of virus in even the smallest airborne droplets can be significantly reduced. Skip to main content.

Multiple recent studies have discovered that droplets from sneezing and coughing can spread a lot farther than people think. ... First Flu Death of the 2019-2020 Season Reported in New Mexico.

This study, combined with others, suggests flu can also spread like measles does — in much smaller droplets suspended in the air. “You can generate infectious aerosols with breathing. That is ...

Flu spreads between birds through contact with infected saliva, respiratory droplets or feces. Some strains of avian flu cause mild illness in birds; others are deadly.

If recommendations to combat the flu continue to rely heavily on hand washing and surface cleaning, without recognizing the role of aerosols in transmission, we are unlikely to make a dent in the ...

So some flu experts are anxiously tracking changes that could make the virus airborne, drifting in tiny droplets through hospitals, restaurants and other shared spaces, where its next victims ...

The flu spreads mainly through droplets when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks. People can also get sick by touching surfaces where those droplets have landed, and then touch their nose ...