The scientists had stressed that the idea of airborne transmission of the new virus was still mostly theoretical, but they’d ...

For years, public-health authorities downplayed the risk that pathogens could spread via droplets light enough to circulate ...

Borne,” his detailed and gripping account of aerobiology, Carl Zimmer uncovers the mysteries filling our lungs.

Award-winning science journalist and author Carl Zimmer details the dangers of new viruses, air pollution and wildfires on public and planet health ...

As the coronavirus spread, researchers worldwide scrambled to find ways to keep people safe. Some efforts were misguided.

A history of aerobiology would normally be a book that would have little interest beyond the science community. But in ...

While covering Covid, science writer Carl Zimmer learned how little we know about air and how it affects disease transmission ...

His book is an enthralling historical exploration of the role of airborne microorganisms in disease, and examines why these pathogens have been overlooked for centuries. Vaccine specialist Peter ...

Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are ...