to check which of the several strains of flu that circulate each year was making them sick. But what seemed like a routine first step quickly became a source of alarm. The two children, living more than 100 miles apart, presented with strains that were very similar to each other—but...
The latest outbreak of bird flu, alsocalled avian influenza, is the biggest since 2015, when producers had to kill more than 50 million birds. So far this year, there have been cases in 24 states, with Iowa the hardest hit with about 13 million chickens and turkeys killed. Other states ...
If gaming is interfering with your teen's schoolwork or social life, there may be a problem.(Image credit:Sean D,Shutterstock) The gamer community had a near-miss this week in Ohio, when a 15-year-old boy collapsed after playing "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" for up to five days...
Teeny tardigrades can survive space and lethal radiation. Scientists may finally know how. 2 12,000-year-old, doughnut-shaped pebbles may be early evidence of the wheel 3 An asteroid hit Earth just hours after being detected. It was the 3rd 'imminent impactor' of 2024 4 Why is Pluto not...
Concerns increase with climate change, increasing travel and the growth of densely populated cities about the rate of spread of a host of diseases, including tuberculosis, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Ebola, West Nile virus, malaria, plague, cholera, yellow fever, bird flu or ...
Researchers in Indonesia have discovered that the combination of vaccination and Tamiflu caused the emergence of more lethal strains of Bird Flu. In humans,Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cases have been reported in Vietnam, Japan, Hong Kong, Denmark and the United States. ...
A new strain of bird flu that transmits easily among wild birds has triggered an explosive spread into new corners of the globe, infecting and killing a variety of mammals species and raising fears of a pandemic more lethal than COVID-19. But the very changes that have allowed the virus ...
Although wild animals transmit zoonotic viruses, people are much more frequently in contact with domestic animals, creating ample opportunities fordiseasespillover. Poultry can spread bird flu, and there have been sporadic (and often deadly) outbreaks of H5N1 or H7N9 strains in the last 20 years,...
It suggests the virus will eventually be tamed, and then likely be with us for decades as a normal cold-like virus, if not forever. But it doesn't imply the resulting disease is going to soon transition into a non-menacing, milder, common disease (like most strains of the flu virus)...
I’m merely intending to bring up the fact that some of us get to claim we are smarter and have better taste and we get to claim what is worth reading and what is not. And, well, that gets pretty tricky. The other night I saw the film “Birdman.” Highly recommend it. So weird...