Flu virus is protected by mucus when airborne, regardless of humidity

(University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences) Mucus and other airway secretions that are expelled when a person with the flu coughs or exhales appear to protect the virus when it becomes airborne, regardless of humidity levels, a creative experiment conducted by the University of Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech discovered. The results refute long-standing studies that indicated the influenza virus degrades and is inactivated sooner as the humidity increases.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news