Lightning is unlikely to strike the same place twice, but the Nipah virus is again wreaking havoc in Kozhikode, the fourth outbreak of the disease in Kerala over the last five years. With two persons dying of Nipah this week in Kozhikode, and three more persons, two of them relatives of one of the victims, testing positive, and being hospitalised, …
Why camels are worrying coronavirus hunters Jacob Kushner Close contact between camels and humans risks spreading Mers – a more deadly coronavirus relative of Covd-19 In northern Kenya, researchers are working to prevent a dangerous coronavirus – Mers – from jumping from camels to humans again. It could urinate on you,” says Millicent Minayo, a surveillance officer with Washington State …
Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study published on Monday in the U.S. science journal PNAS. From 2011 to 2018, researchers took 30,000 nasal swabs from pigs in slaughterhouses in 10 Chinese provinces and in a veterinary hospital, allowing them to isolate 179 swine flu …
