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Researchers have detected tiny airborne particles containing RNA from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, both inside and outside of rooms in which infected people were self-isolating at home.This finding suggests that airborne transmission beyond the isolation rooms in homes may pose a risk of infection to other home occupants.The study, in Annals of the American Thoracic Society, is the first report of household air contamination with SARS-CoV2 RNA under typical daily living conditions when a household member is infected. Airborne transmission in crowded living conditions may be one reason for higher rates of COVID-19 infection among people with lower...

Arnold Schwarzenegger is enlisting a pair of petite animals to urge the public to "stay the F home" and to "ignore the morons" in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The "Terminator" star and former California GOP governor tweeted a video on Sunday showing him chowing down with two pets, Whiskey and Lulu. "The important thing is that you stay home, because there's a curfew now," Schwarzenegger, 72, told his more than 4 million Twitter followers. SNIP Schwarzenegger, Whiskey, and Lulu