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The coronavirus has made itself at home in animals. Why that ramps up the risk for people
LA Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA deer crosses a road in Highlands, N.J. Researchers have detected the highly infectious COVID-19...
The coronavirus has infected New York City's rats. Why that's bad news for people
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA rat crosses a subway platform in New York City's Times Square. (Richard Drew / Associated Press)...
In a first, zoo lion transmits COVID-19 to its keepers
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn elderly lion in an Indiana zoo transmitted COVID-19 to the zookeepers who handfed the severely...
The type and frequency of animals coming down with COVID is trying to tell us something about the...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 years ago“Tiger in U.S. zoo tests positive for coronavirus, becomes first animal to get COVID-19,” an April...
Are pets at risk of catching monkeypox from humans?
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe risk of people with monkeypox passing the virus to their pets is low, the authors of a new study that found no such transmissions in the United...
Animal-to-human diseases ‘could kill 12 times as many people by 2050’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIllnesses transmitted from animals to humans could kill 12 times as many people in 2050 than they...
Coronavirus cases in California rising fast, with some regions seeing infections double
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCoronavirus infections have increased 63% statewide, bringing the case rate to 231 for every 100,000...
The deadliest viruses in history
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 years agoInfluenza is one of the deadliest viruses in the world Humans have been fighting viruses since the species has existed. For some viral diseases, vaccines...
Top Chinese scientist concedes that coronavirus may have leaked from Wuhan lab
Yahoo News via AOL· 11 months agoWorkers disinfect a school following a COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China, in August 2021. (China...
Nine viruses the World Health Organisation is concerned about
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor infectious diseases experts at the World Health Organisation (WHO), the job is never done. While...