{"604074":{"#nid":"604074","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Want to avoid the flu while flying? Try the window seat","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWe knew there would be significant media interest in this\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/early\/2018\/03\/13\/1711611115\u0022\u003E study\u003C\/a\u003E, especially in the wake of one of the worst flu seasons in recent memory. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~weiss\/\u0022\u003EHoward Weiss\u003C\/a\u003E joined \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emory.edu\/home\/index.html\u0022\u003EEmory University\u003C\/a\u003E researchers in looking at how potentially infectious diseases are transmitted during flights. If you always try to get a window seat during air travel, you\u0026#39;re giving yourself a better chance of avoiding colds and influenza, according to the study. In addition to this Associated Press story, the research also drew coverage from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mashable.com\/2018\/03\/19\/how-the-flu-spreads-on-a-plane-new-study-flight-crews\/?utm_cid=hp-r-1#dPW22YxNYPqf\u0022\u003EMashable\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/airplane-virus-germ-spread#page-2\u0022\u003EPopular Science\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2018-03-21 14:35:44","changed_gmt":"2018-03-21 19:57:28","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"management of technology and innovation","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/apnews.com\/fc73ee339ff04d118154d1a7b0df079b","dateline":{"date":"2018-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"604075":{"id":"604075","type":"image","title":"Howard (Howie) Weiss","body":null,"created":"1521643133","gmt_created":"2018-03-21 14:38:53","changed":"1521643133","gmt_changed":"2018-03-21 14:38:53","alt":"","file":{"fid":"230248","name":"Howard Weiss square.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Howard%20Weiss%20square.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Howard%20Weiss%20square.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":55874,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Howard%20Weiss%20square.jpg?itok=DePVFp8l"}}},"media_ids":["604075"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"168854","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"35421","name":"Howard Weiss"},{"id":"64981","name":"Howie Weiss"},{"id":"177500","name":"air travel"},{"id":"296","name":"Flu"},{"id":"1003","name":"Infectious diseases"},{"id":"2305","name":"Emory University"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}