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- Humans
Smoke Out: Bartenders’ lungs appreciate ban
Pub workers in Scotland breathed easier and showed better respiratory health shortly after a nationwide ban on smoking inside public spaces went into effect.
- Health & Medicine
Many infections tied to medical settings
More than one-fourth of skin or muscle infections that require hospitalization originate from microbes acquired in a clinic, hospital, or other medical-care setting.
- Health & Medicine
Statins defend against fungus-caused sepsis
Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins might reduce the risk of dying from sepsis triggered by a fungal infection.
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Hotel-room surfaces can harbor viruses
Rhinovirus, which is responsible for roughly half of all common colds, survives on surfaces in hotel rooms for hours and can be transferred from there to people.
