'Bugs' on the subway: Monitoring the microbial environment to improve public health
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 - 12:41
in Health & Medicine
The trillions of microbes that transfer from people to surfaces could provide an early warning system for the emergence of public health threats such as a flu outbreak or a rise in antibiotic resistance, according to a study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The researchers took to the Boston subway system to find out what kinds of bugs people across the city are passing around—and how they might help preserve or disrupt our health.