Infectious diseases
How Body Lice Could Rewrite the History of the Black Death
Health
New research indicates human body lice are highly efficient at spreading the plague, potentially reshaping our understanding of historical pandemics, including the ...
New Research Shows H5N1 Bird Flu Can Transmit Through Air
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Researchers at Penn State have demonstrated the airborne transmission of a new H5N1 virus strain in ferrets, marking a potential evolution of ...
Highly Pathogenic Bird Flu Identified in Dead Florida Dolphin
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A Florida bottlenose dolphin was found with avian influenza in a landmark case studied by University of Florida researchers and other agencies, ...
Structural basis of directional switching by the bacterial flagellum
Science
Berg, H. C. Bacterial behaviour. Nature 254, 389–392 (1975). Article ADS CAS PubMed Google Scholar Berg, H. C. The rotary motor of ...
Prevalence of persistent SARS-CoV-2 in a large community surveillance study
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ONS-CIS This work contains statistical data from ONS, which is Crown Copyright. The use of the ONS statistical data in this work ...
A conserved interdomain microbial network underpins cadaver decomposition despite environmental variables
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Swift, M. J., Heal, O. W. & Anderson, J. M. Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems (Blackwell Scientific, 1979). Carter, D. O., Yellowlees, D. ...
How Covid still grips the UK
Health
Covid cases are “stabilising” at higher rates than before a pre-Christmas surge, according to new UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data, as ...
Diarrhea-Causing ‘Crypto’ Parasites Are Surging in the UK
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The UK is currently dealing with an alarming rise of crypto—the diarrhea-causing intestinal parasite, not the baffling currency. In a report this ...
