Spread of the coronavirus has exposed troubling problems at fur farms and how we respond to outbreaks there.
What disease killed the Mayans? Maya: The Mayan Empire (2000 B.C. - 1697 A.D.) was a Mesoamerican empire that spanned from southern, present-day Mexico, through Guatemala, Belize, and El Salvador, to Honduras. Disease Immunity:
Hantaviruses are a family of viruses spread by rodent feces, saliva and urine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most hantaviruses found in the United States can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. People can contract the syndrome by breathing in ...
Bears, deer and other animals depend on beech fruits for food.For almost 100 years, a fungus has entered beech bark and killed many large trees. The fungus is carried by an insect. But beech leaf disease is not from the fungus. The new disease causes leaves to blacken and dry up. It...
You might not expect one of the world's rarest diseases to be something that has killed millions of people throughout human history. But, if you wanted to catch a case of smallpox, the only sure place to find it would be in a handful of government laboratories. Smallpox is spread by ...
MORE: WHO investigating mysterious illness in South Sudan that has killed nearly 100 people What we don't know about the outbreak Schaffner said it's "odd" to see that one of the disease's reported symptoms is anemia, aconditionin which the body has a lower-than-normal number of oxygen...
Egypt fever swept the globe as workers unloaded the dazzling treasures, hidden for more than 3,200 years, which had been meant to accompany the young pharaoh to the afterlife.In 1972, Tut's treasures began a series of tours around the world, giving millions of people a chance to view his...
Signs of St. Anthony’s fire were easy to see: seizures, hallucinations, and blackened limbs. Medieval Europeans believed its cause to be spiritual, but the true cause was far more earthly.
What killed King Tut? Historians and scientists have long believed that ancient Egypt's most famous king was probably murdered. But a recent scientific study claims to have found a different solution to this more than 3,300-year-old mystery. Tut's full name was Tutankhamen. He was just 9ye...
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