pathogens
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Cleaning Your Baby’s Dummy By Sucking On It Prevents Allergies, New Research Suggests
It’s a scene parents and caregivers are all too familiar with: an infant’s dummy falls to the floor. When this happened with my first born, I rushed to clean the soiled soother by boiling it in water or carefully washing it in the sink. But by the time my second child was born, I was…
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Houseflies Are More Capable Of Spreading Disease Than We Realised
It’s never a nice feeling to watch a fly land on your next bite of food, but as new research shows, you may be justified in wanting to toss that delicious morsel in the garbage.
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The Ebola Virus Mutated Into A Deadlier Form During The West African Epidemic
A new analysis of the Ebola genome shows the dreaded virus acquired several new mutations during the course of the 2013-2016 West African Epidemic, making it even better at infecting human cells.
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The Mass Die-off Of Saiga This Spring Was Much Worse Than We Thought
Earlier this year, we were horrified to learn that 60,000 endangered saiga dropped dead in Central Kazakhstan over the course of four days, with the total death toll for the month of May pegged at 120,000. But it was even worse than we realised: According to new estimates, at least 211,000 saiga, 50% of the…