by faster | Nov 7, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: National Geographic DATE: November 7, 2019 SNIP: When sea otters in Alaska were diagnosed with phocine distemper virus (PDV) in 2004, scientists were confused. The pathogen in the Morbillivirus genus that contains viruses like measles had then only been found...
by faster | Dec 13, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Science Magazine DATE: December 13, 2018 SNIP: You can give your cat the flu. You can also pass pneumonia to a chimpanzee or tuberculosis to a bird. This kind of human-to-animal disease transmission, known as reverse zoonosis, has been seen on every continent...
by faster | Nov 6, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Yale e360 DATE: November 6, 2018 SNIP: [A]s sea ice melts, ice-avoiding killer whales have been moving deeper into the Arctic Ocean, hunting and killing both narwhal and beluga whales. Other whale species — including minke, bottlenose, fin, and sperm whales —...
by faster | Aug 2, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: University of Liverpool DATE: Aug 2, 2017 SNIP: The impact of climate change on the emergence and spread of infectious diseases could be greater than previously thought, according to new research by the University’s Institute of Infection and Global Health....
