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James Bingham, MS
Senior Research Microbiologist, GOJO
James Bingham is a senior research microbiologist who currently works on a team developing new hygiene technologies to prevent the transmission of pathogens. In addition to developing new technologies he has performed research in areas including Clostridium difficile spore biology, antimicrobial mechanisms of action, patient hand hygiene, and rapid microbial detection. He holds a master’s degree in food microbiology from North Carolina State University and an undergraduate degree in food science from Cornell University.
Are Viruses Behaving Strangely, or Are We?
8/25/2022
By James Bingham, MS
Senior Research Microbiologist, GOJO
Viruses appear to have been acting strangely over the past year as we have emerged from COVID restrictions. During the first two years of the pandemic, many infectious diseases that typically circulate during certain times of year took a hiatus. COVID-19 precautions, like social distancing, wearing masks, increased hand hygiene and surface disinfection, and limited travel, were highly effective at limiting the spread of COVID-19 but also limited the spread of many common illnesses that spread through similar transmission routes as COVID-19.
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