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Experts say bird flu is a Pandora's box. Are we about to open it?
Salon.com· 6 days agoOn the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, a different virus threatens to cause widespread illness and...
Garden Notes: Your garden can aspire to rise - The Martha's Vineyard Times
The Martha's Vineyard Times· 4 days agoAs we enter summer, Ron Rappaport’s death tears a large hole in the fabric of Island life. Ron was...
Study suggests hepatitis E may be a sexually trans | Newswise
Newswise· 7 days agoHepatitis E (HEV) is the leading cause of the acute viral liver infection in humans worldwide, mostly in developing regions where sanitation is poor. The virus is also endemic
Photos: Pakistan’s health workers fight the spread of polio
Al Jazeera· 7 days agoTo counter the spread of the disease, Pakistan launched an eradication campaign in 1994. The country...
Remote Island Paradise Threatened by Shipping Terminal
Scientific American· 3 days agoIn 1667 a Swedish sailor reported that on his travels in the Far East he’d landed on the island of...
Study suggests hepatitis E may be a sexually transmitted infection
Medical Xpress· 6 days agoResearchers have discovered that the hepatitis E virus is associated with sperm in pigs, which...
We’ve Hit Peak Denial. Here’s Why We Can’t Turn Away From Reality
Scientific American· 6 days agoRecently, more than 100,000 people liked a post marking the start of the pandemic that said, “[Four]...
Four key issues in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
BBC News· 3 days agoGeneral election candidates standing in the Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituency took part in a debate broadcast on BBC Radio Humberside. BBC East...
Meet The Cannabis-Dwelling Long-Tailed Rattlesnake—And 2 Other Elusive ‘Rattlers’ Of Mexico
Forbes· 5 days agoA new paper appearing in the academic journal Toxicon breaks down the venom function of Mexico’s elusive “long-tailed rattlesnakes,” which comprises three species of closely-related rattlesnakes ...
Kisangani's unhealed scars; the six-day war and the on
Amnesty International· 5 days agoTwenty-four years ago, from 5 – 10 June 2000, brutal fighting between Rwandan and Ugandan forces ravaged the city of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). For six agonizing days ...
