Classify the following diseases according to how they mainly spread — through air, through contaminated food and water, through insect vectors, or by direct contact: tuberculosis, cholera, malaria, ringworm, hepatitis A, common cold, dengue. Suggest one preventive measure for the air-borne group.

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