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Mashup Score: 2Data suggest SARS-CoV-2 could jump from raccoon dogs to people, but species barrier may interfere - 3 hour(s) ago
Biochemical analysis showed raccoon dog angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 does allow SARS-CoV-2 to enter the cell, although not as effectively as the human type.
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University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 A 2023 outbreak of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Utah that sickened at least 13 children was traced to contaminated irrigation water the children used for drinking and playing, according to a report from scientists from Utah and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The account, published yesterday in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, points to the need to educate residents of communities that have
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The federal government will provide livestock farms with money to bolster protective measures and testing for the avian flu virus spreading among dairy cows, officials said.
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As officials attempt to determine the extent of bird flu outbreaks among dairy herds, some experts are urging that wastewater surveillance begin immediately.
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As a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza spreads through the nation’s farms, local scientists are racing to answer that key question.
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Millions of birds have died because of bird flu. Human activity has helped make the virus more deadly.
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Mashup Score: 50How Poor Tracking of Bird Flu Leaves Dairy Workers at Risk - 16 hour(s) ago
Even as it has become increasingly clear that the bird flu outbreak on the nation’s dairy farms began months earlier
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Mashup Score: 0Maryland school is a breeding ground for the deadliest creature on earth — but for research purposes only - 16 hour(s) ago
Johns Hopkins produces about 50,000 mosquitoes a week.
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Mashup Score: 3BSE case found on farm in Ayrshire as restrictions put in place and investigations ongoing - 17 hour(s) ago
Officials say there is no risk to human health
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Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke about a time when, as he put it, “A worm … got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died.” Here’s a global perspective on these worms.
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“Raccoon dogs may carry and transmit COVID-19–causing SARS-CoV-2 to humans, although critical differences in the enzyme that facilitates viral entry into the cell may make the jump unlikely” https://t.co/Nzp2JUzVyp