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Germs on travellers’ phones present a biosecurity risk

Cs news8 months ago04 mins

Knowledge and ideas circulate freely at international conferences — but so do germs carried from abroad on mobile phones. That’s according to a new study led by Bond University and published in Infection, Disease & Health, which saw researchers swab 20 mobile phones from local and international attendees at the World Organization of Family Doctors…

Your Smartphone Hides a ‘Trojan Horse’ Threat to Biosecurity, Study Warns

Cs news9 months ago07 mins

Your cellphone may represent a serious threat to biosecurity and may facilitate the spread of future pandemics. When you travel, you never fly alone. Of course, every one of us carries around trillions of microorganisms in our guts and on our skin—that’s unavoidable. But the majority of us carry around a second bacterial breeding ground:…