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The new findings confirm and extend what’s been seen in other imaging studies, said Darby Jack, an associate professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University in New York City.

Columbia Health is monitoring developments with 2019-nCoV, though there are no known cases in the area.

“Now that you have a cluster of 14 health care workers infected, the potential for spread is greater,” said Dr. Ian W. Lipkin, director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University.

"There is a growing understanding of the need to design our environments in a way that designs out loneliness," said Dr. Linda Fried, dean of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.