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    Pathogens On A Plane: How To Stay Healthy In Flight

    We all think of airplanes as hotbeds for diseases. But how easily do pathogens spread on jets? Now scientists have created "Fantasy Flights" to find the risky seats.
    by Michaeleen Doucleff Mar 19, 2018 3 minutes
    Suspicious travel companions: Bacteria can survive for days on surfaces inside a plane. But that doesn't mean you have to take these critters home with you.

    If you want to cut your risk of catching the flu on your next flight, pick a window seat and stay put.

    That's a key take-home message of a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

    "I have always chosen window seats," says , a biostatistician at Emory University, who co-led the research. "But after this study, I have stopped moving around as much on

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