Avian influenza: How it's spreading and what to know about this outbreak
When it comes to avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, all birds are not created equal.
When it comes to avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, all birds are not created equal.
Ecology
May 19, 2022
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This winter's record warmth provided the key ingredient for a Midwest outbreak of deadly tornadoes and damaging gorilla hail that hit parts of the Midwest Wednesday and Thursday, tornado experts said.
Environment
Mar 16, 2024
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Anthropologist James Holland Jones and biologist Marcel Salathe developed a mathematical model to identify social networks and predict how they'll interact during a disease outbreak. They say that's the key ...
Other
Apr 9, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "Outbreaks Near Me," an up-to-the-minute disease-tracking system released as an iPhone application in September, is now available for use on Android mobile phones, greatly increasing the number of people ...
Software
Dec 1, 2009
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Two words, and a tiny little creature, strike fear in the hearts of many Colorado outdoor enthusiasts: bark beetle. But new research from University of Colorado Boulder reveals that even simultaneous bark beetle outbreaks ...
Ecology
Feb 14, 2020
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Bird flu is killing an alarming number of bald eagles and other wild birds, with many sick birds arriving at rehabilitation centers unsteady on their talons and unable to fly.
Ecology
May 5, 2022
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Hundreds of pigs have died from African swine fever in Bali, authorities said Wednesday, marking the Indonesian holiday island's first recorded outbreak and after the virus claimed some 30,000 hogs in Sumatra.
Veterinary medicine
Feb 5, 2020
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An outbreak of bird flu has been detected in a duck farm in France's Landes region, the heart of foie gras production, local officials said Sunday.
Veterinary medicine
Dec 19, 2021
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A study by the University of Liverpool has found that the red squirrel population along the Sefton coastline seems to be recovering from a serious outbreak of squirrelpox in 2008.
Ecology
Nov 18, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The deadly bacterium behind cholera epidemics spends only a fraction of its life infecting humans. Most of the time, Vibrio cholerae lurks in estuaries and other semisalty aquatic habitats.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 8, 2009
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