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A termite pesticide banned in 1988 is still turning up in wildlife; researchers found toxic brain levels in nearly half the sick skunks they examined near DetroitA banned pesticide, chlordane, used for termite control, is causing severe neurological damage and death in urban skunks, according to new ...- A nearly 200-year-old cemetery comes alive after dark, where the dead share space with frogs, toads, and the scientists listening to themCitizen scientists are lending their ears to a crucial cause, listening for frog calls in Cambridge's historic Mount Auburn Cemetery. This ...
- Hantavirus scare a wake-up call: Why India must build its disease X defencesA recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship echoes past pandemic scares. Experts warn Disease X, a future unknown pathogen, is a near cer...
- China to purchase $17 billion worth of US agricultural products annually: White HouseAccording to an official White House press release, both leaders agreed that the United States and China should build a "constructive relat...
- White House fact sheet on Trump's China visit cites Iran agreement; omits TaiwanThe US and China have agreed to create new trade and investment boards and build a more stable economic relationship based on fairness and ...
- Saudi Arabia bans poultry, egg imports from 40 countries, including India; partial curbs on 16 nationsSaudi Arabia has banned poultry and egg imports from 40 nations, including India. This move aims to protect public health and food safety. ...
- Zombie Apocalypse? The fungus that eats you alive is coming, and climate change just gave it a passportGlobal warming is exacerbating the threat of deadly fungal infections, particularly those caused by Aspergillus species. A recent study rev...
- These 24 pathogens could pose greatest threat to public health in UK, check which viruses are includedThe 24 pathogen families listed in the reference tool include microorganisms that cause Covid-19 and Nipah virus, among several other infec...
- HMPV: Govt keeping close watch on situation, says JP NaddaThe World Health Organization has "taken cognisance of the situation and will share the report shortly with us", JP Nadda added. "The healt...
- What is the H5N1 virus that is growingly rapidly? Here is everything you need to knowH5N1 which is also known as the bird flu is growing rapidly in the US and in other parts of the world. Though there are no human-to-human t...
- Fight against Disease X: Scientists identify essential prevention tacticPrevention of Disease X: research paper argues for reducing zoonotic virus transmission to prevent pandemics by reducing contact with high-...
- Zombie viruses may awaken by 2030 after 50,000 years of dormancy due to global warming: ResearchAs the Earth warms and ancient permafrost thaws, dormant pathogens pose a potential threat to public health. French virologist Jean-Michel ...
- What is Disease X? Here's all we know about the next pandemic that could kill 50 million peopleFormer Chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce, Kate Bingham, has warned that the next pandemic could be deadlier than COVID-19, potentially clai...
- WHO to make priority pathogen list for tackling future pandemics: Disease X and many more on the listDisease X has been included to represent undiscovered infections that potentially trigger significant outbreaks worldwide. The specialists ...
- CARB-X to award $2.5 million to GangaGen for developing pneumonia drugKlebsiella pneumoniae presents a serious health challenge around the world and is of increasing concern in low-and-middle-income countries ...
- View: It's time for humans to stop living voraciouslyChina’s crackdown in 2003 on wildlife markets ended after Sars exited. History is repeating itself, this time while the Covid-19 pandemic i...
- Coronavirus and other state secrets: When wearing a mask can get people arrestedOf Covid-19, ostriches and other forms of unblissful ignorance.
- World Health Organisation publishes its first essential diagnostics listThe step was taken to address the problem of people's inability to access diagnostic services, thus failing to receive the correct treatmen...
- How to fix US bio-security leaks? Close some labs"One of the things that we want to do is reduce the number of laboratories that work with dangerous agents to the absolute minimum necessar...
- Indian physicist emerged as 'hottest' reasearcher for '07Basanta Nandi, from IIT, Mumbai has emerged as the world's 'hottest' reasearcher for '07, according to annual the league tables. Job design...
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