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Germany Faces Another Round of Cattle Plague

April 24, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

  After a short respite, cattle farmers in Germany confront yet another disease that is threatening to destroy their herds. Outbreak A new outbreak of

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Scientists Try to Identify Disease Agent Behind “Robot Cats”

April 20, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

  Scottish veterinarians are perplexed by a mysterious new illness that is causing their feline patients to walk like robots. In a report published in

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Research & Policy

Possible New Virus Discovered In Kawasaki Research

April 13, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

“Kawasaki? I thought that was a motorcycle.” This was my mother’s response when I told her my topic for this week’s article. She is not

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Tree-killing Beetle Now Also a Threat in Britain

April 9, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

The Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) was first introduced in North America in the mid 1990’s. It spread rapidly throughout the continent, causing widespread destruction

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Poor Water Quality Threatens Zimbabwe’s Health

April 2, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

  Zimbabwe’s water and wastewater infrastructure is in a serious form of disrepair, requiring immediate maintenance if outbreaks of waterborne illnesses such as cholera and

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HPV Vaccine: Controversy and Solution

March 28, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

We all remember Michele Bachmann’s insidious comments from last September, in which she insinuated that the HPV vaccine had potential ties to mental retardation. Since

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Research & Policy

Stop TB in My Lifetime

March 23, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

Every year on March 24, the Stop TB Partnership encourages us to observe World TB Day, a day designed to raise awareness and knowledge of

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First Steps Towards Controlling Deadly Ebola Virus

March 6, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

New research suggests that certain cancer drugs may control ­the lethal Ebola virus. On February 29, a new study investigating the effects of two leukemia

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Research & Policy

SARS Rumor Lands Man in Chinese Labor Camp

March 1, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

  Police sentenced the man responsible for spreading the rumor of a new SARS outbreak in northern China during the previous week to two years

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Tasmanian Devils Face Extinction Due to Contagious Cancer

February 23, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

Researchers have mapped the genome of the Tasmanian devil and the fatal tumorous cancer that threatens to decimate the already endangered species. Since the disease

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