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Norovirus outbreaks have repeatedly shadowed major international events, and the Olympics are no exception. When thousands of ...

A *lot* is happening right now with novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and you're likely hearing new updates throughout the day. There are more than 1,000 cases of COVID ...

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Norovirus outbreaks have repeatedly shadowed major international events, and the Olympics are no exception. When thousands of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Asia, the countries in red are where there have been Nipah virus outbreaks. In yellow are the places where the particular bat ...

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In 1990, I finished my PhD on primate evolution and went to my postdoc in Davis, California, USA. It was meant to be on fruit fly ...