{"604176":{"#nid":"604176","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"How Not to Get Sick on a Plane? Choose Your Seat Wisely","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;During the height of the flu season, researchers from Georgia Tech and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emory.edu\/home\/index.html\u0022\u003EEmory University\u003C\/a\u003E took four crowded flights from Atlanta to the West Coast. They observed passenger and crew movements, took air and surface samples, and listened for anyone who was coughing. The researchers were gathering data for a new study on how infectious diseases are transmitted among air travelers. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/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 was a co-author of the study. The results of the research continue to get mainstream media attention, including this New York Times story and an article in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/study-maps-how-flu-virus-moves-around-plane-180968541\/#G1GyUeZZKh80T5fq.99\u0022\u003ESmithsonian Magazine\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2018-03-23 14:29:37","changed_gmt":"2018-03-23 14:29:37","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Extension of Self","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/03\/22\/well\/live\/plane-flight-cold-flu-sick-germs-airplane-seat.html","dateline":{"date":"2018-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","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":"177513","name":"Howard (Howie) Weiss"},{"id":"177500","name":"air travel"},{"id":"1003","name":"Infectious diseases"},{"id":"2305","name":"Emory University"},{"id":"765","name":"influenza"},{"id":"177514","name":"flu season"}],"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":""}}}