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Elephant in the Room: How Humans Harm Animal Health

Elephant in the Room: How Humans Harm Animal Health

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Science journalist Liz Kalaugher's new book exposes how humans have contributed to the spread of pathogens among animals

Cattle Veterinarians Express Confusion over U.S. Response to Bird Flu

Cattle Veterinarians Express Confusion over U.S. Response to Bird Flu

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Denial and a lack of unity across states are limiting a swift response to the novel outbreak

Aporkalypse Now: Bearded Pigs Face Environmental Peril

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How African swine fever created a conservation catastrophe

Aporkalypse Now: Bearded Pigs Face Environmental Peril

UPDATED: Timeline of the Coronavirus

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A frequently updated tracker of emerging developments from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic

Photo shows a gloved hand holding a test tube labeled, “2019 nCoV” with two boxes ,marked “Positive” and “Negative.” The positive box is checked.

Poultry Vaccine Hesitancy

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When trade restrictions prevent effective public health interventions

Poultry Vaccine Hesitancy

How Avian Flu Will Affect Your Thanksgiving

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Avian flu, supply chain shortages, and inflation could be unwelcome guests at dinner tables

How Avian Flu Will Affect Your Thanksgiving

In Parched Zimbabwe, Climate Change Pushes Tsetse to New Areas

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Health experts will monitor tsetse-caused sleeping sickness to stem its spread

In Parched Zimbabwe, Climate Change Pushes Tsetse to New Areas

Limited Information Hampers Understanding of U.S. Farmed Mink Outbreaks

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Comparing the U.S. and Danish responses to COVID-19 outbreaks in mink populations

People push a cart with culled mink at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6, 2020.

"Less a Leper Than I Have Been"

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Book of documentary poetry recalls Louisiana's Carville Hospital and early 20th century experience of leprosy in America

Attitudes toward leprosy are represented in this watercolor commissioned by Henry S. Wellcome around 1912 from Richard Cooper, a graphic artist known for his advertisements for the London Underground. Painting shows people scrambling to get away from a leper who strolls by, ringing a bell. In their haste, the crowd has left an infant on the roadside. CC-BY 4.0 from Wellcome Collection.

Coronavirus—Unknown Source, Unrecognized Spread, and Pandemic Potential

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With novel coronavirus expected to become pandemic, it's past time to prioritize Africa where cases are likely occurring

A security guard stands at attention at a hotel near Algiers, Algeria on Feb 4, 2020—where people evacuated from the Wuhan area in China are quarantined as a preventive measure because of coronavirus. Photo shows a guard wearing a face mask. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina

The Market, the Clinic, the Lung, and the Lab

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An interview with University of Iowa expert Stanley Perlman on what we know and what we don't about the new coronavirus

Zhang Changchun shows a lung CT of his mother—53-year old Yang Zhongyi—a suspected case of coronavirus in Wuhan, China on Jan. 25, 2020. The case was unconfirmed at the time of the photo, said her son. The photo shows a hand holding a blue-tinted piece of X-ray film with lots of images of sections of lung scanned by the CT instrument. REUTERS/Zhang Changchun Handout.

Why Global Governance of Disease Matters for the Emergence of a Novel Coronavirus

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As WHO manages outbreak, how can we strengthen global governance tools and ensure existing systems fit an evolving world

A mother and her child wear a mask to prevent contacting a new coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, January 26, 2020. The photo shows the two face to face with each other, but their faces are covered almost completely below their eyes by the dust masks. REUTERS/Yonhap