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Rare case of opossum infected by rabies sounds alarm regarding circulation of this virus in urban environments

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A female White-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris) found dead in 2021 in Bosque dos Jequitibás Park in the center of Campinas, one of the largest cities in São Paulo state, Brazil, died from rabies meningoencephalitis, according to a group of researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) and Adolfo Lutz Institute (IAL), the regional reference (..)

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Coronavirus: Missing school is worse than virus for children – Whitty

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He said it was unlikely there would be a vaccine in 2020 but there was a “reasonable chance” of a working jab being ready for the following winter in 2021-22. But this rare interview reveals a lot more about his own views on how the virus is developing. Will children spread the virus to grandparents?

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Health Highlights: Jan. 14, 2021

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The new variant has three previously unseen mutations that “are likely to make the virus more infectious, making it easier for the virus to pass from person to person,” according to a university news release, CBS News reported. © 2021 HealthDay. © 2021 HealthDay. Posted: January 2021. Source link.

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2021 Young Scientist Award winners announced

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For their remarkable scientific contributions, doctoral student Julia Klaus, Zurich University VetSuisse Faculty, and Dr Yasmin Parr from the MRC-University of Glasgow, Centre for Virus Research, have received the 2021 ABCD Young Scientist Award. To foster young talent development in the feline health research community.

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Health Highlights: Feb. 1, 2021

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They spent about an hour at the Huanan Seafood Market, which was the site of an outbreak of the virus in December 2019, the Associated Press reported. Initially, experts suspected the new coronavirus came from wild animals sold at the market, but the site has been largely ruled out as a source of the virus. © 2021 HealthDay.

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Health Highlights: Jan. 4, 2021

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Because both vaccines attack the virus in the same way, “it is likely the second dose will help to boost the response to the first dose.” ” Both vaccines teach immune cells to recognize and fight off the virus. © 2021 HealthDay. Posted: January 2021. “We’re kind of in this Wild West.”

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Virus that causes COVID-19 can find alternate route to infect cells

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Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists identified how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, gets inside cells to cause infection. However, the discovery does show that the virus can change in unexpected ways and find new ways to cause infection. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St.

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