You asked about bats, pets, immunity and other hot viral topics! We've got answers
International
1 year ago
A bat or a rat or a chicken has a virus. And somehow a person catches it — maybe by contact with the...
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Health
1 year ago
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Health
1 year ago
Not quite 20 years ago, Raina Plowright stood in a forest in Australia's Northern Territory at dusk....
What's a spillover? A spillback? Here are definitions for the vocab of a pandemic
Health
1 year ago
Don't feel as if you're out of the loop if you're not up on the terminology of spillover viruses. In...