Monitoring Airborne Fungal Spores Predicts Flu and COVID-19 Surges

Can The Air We Breathe Predict The Next COVID-19 Surge?

Learn more about a new study that suggests monitoring the air for certain environmental exposures may help forecast respiratory viruses outbreaks.

Monitoring airborne fungal spores predicts flu and COVID-19 surges

Monitoring fungal spores in the outdoor air can predict surges in flu and COVID-19 infections, especially during the fall, according to a new study.

Airborne fungal spores may help predict COVID-19 and flu surges

Monitoring fungal spores in the outdoor air can predict surges in flu and COVID-19 infections, especially during the fall, according to a new study. The study is presented at ASM Microbe 2025 in Los Angeles.

Airborne Fungal Spores May Predict Short-Term Surges in COVID-19 and Influenza

At ASM Microbe 2025, a Puerto Rico study links increased fungal spore concentrations to rises in viral respiratory infections, suggesting potential early warning utility.

Fungal spores may help predict COVID-19, influenza activity

The authors said the findings may help develop environmental risk alerts.

Airborne fungal spores may help predict Covid, flu surge: Study

New Delhi, June 20:  Monitoring fungal spores in the outdoor air can predict surges in flu and Covid-19 infections, according to a study. Researchers from Lynn University in Florida, US, discovered that airborne concentrations of fungal spores — but not pollen — were strongly linked to increases in flu and Covid-19 cases. When airborne concentrations of fungal spores rose, the scientists often saw a jump in infections within a few days. The stud…