Look back at the chronicle of global pandemics, and the flu pandemic of 1918 stands out as an anomaly for one reason: According to the history books, it struck healthy adults in their prime just as often, if not more so, ...
Archaeology
Oct 9, 2023
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Two common diseases, avian flu and distemper, may be to blame for a rash of seal deaths that caused dozens of them to wash ashore in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts in the biggest die-off of seals since 2011, federal ...
Ecology
Aug 23, 2018
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New research published today has found that climate change is unlikely to reduce the UK's excess winter death rate as previously thought.
Environment
Feb 23, 2014
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Around 4,000 wild ducks have been found dead in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, officials said on Friday, blaming H5 bird flu for the mass deaths.
Ecology
Nov 30, 2012
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The U.S. government paid scientists to figure out how the deadly bird flu virus might mutate to become a bigger threat to people - and two labs succeeded in creating new strains that are easier to spread.
Biotechnology
Dec 20, 2011
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