#Zoonotic

500 Women Scientists

500womensci

#IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit PREVIEW unveiling Monday, August 17 at the Central Park Zoo in New York, featuring statues of 6 @IfThenSheCan Ambassadors Featuring real women of all ages and

bearistotle

gnrosenberg

Rubbish. Absolute rubbish.https://twitter.com/Botanygeek/status/1256484578258272257 The primary "improvement" in the global food system in the last century has been in relationship to labor productivity: it takes less human labor

Sentient Media

Sentient_Media

As we continue to battle #COVID19, birds worldwide are catching #BirdFlu.The outbreak of avian flu is an example of how intensive #farming enables zoonotic diseases to spread among animals and

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

Maybe @WHO forgot, but in 2004, the intermediate host of SARS was found within a week of diagnosing an index patient. When you know what to look for, it doesn't

NowThis

nowthisnews

Estimates suggest that 120 million pigs and 30 million cows are killed in the United States each year for food. Of these animals, 99% is raised in factory farms, which

Danielle Belardo, MD

DBelardoMD

When are we going to start talking about the fact that this pandemic was caused by eating animals? If it’s not this zoonotic disease, it will be the next one.

Rosa Furneaux

rosafurneaux

Alright, here we go. My reads in 2021: a thread.First up, Spillover by David Quammen. I keep saying how great this book is, but once more for good measure... An

c0nc0rdance

c0nc0rdance

In 1993, a new hantavirus was discovered with a focal point near 'Canyon de Muerto' on the Navajo reservation adjacent to the Four Corners region, where UT, NM, AZ, CO

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

This new mink COVID-19 mutation story, which is making the rounds on Twitter is highly problematic. There are elements of truth in it but the reporting is completely irresponsible.1/https://www.berlingske.dk/nyheder/english-version-mink-cau

Latika M Bourke

latikambourke

[thread]WHO joint expert team investigating the origins of coronavirus is holding a news conference in Wuhan. WHO and Chinese govt established a joint team to investigate origins of COVID-19 and

Dr. Sweta Chakraborty

swetac

We're entering a "pandemic era." We must act aggressively on climate to prevent future pandemics from occurring more frequently.How do they connect? Immunologist Dr. @ChristineRJames and I wrote an op-ed

Smart Sync Services

SmartSyncServ

Hester Bio 2019-20 AR Notes Part 2Before you move ahead, get some background here:https://twitter.com/SmartSyncServ/status/1292710653879361536 1/Strategy for Sustainable Growth•Customer-centric approach•Win-win Partnerships•Operationa

MacKenzie

Smackenziekerr

What I don't understand is that she claims that the #covid virus has been patented. So we cannot patent a virus if it is #natural, that would be nonsense. So

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

Imagine if babies had translucent skin Take a moment to consider dead babies.Up until very recently, in everywhere outside the US, infant and child mortality was extremely high.Almost as high

Jane Qiu

janeqiuchina

HOT from the press @NatureMicrobiol: SARS-CoV-2 is likely to have diverged from the most closely related bat viruses 40–70 years ago. The findings suggest that the lineage giving rise to

Gail Carson

gail_carson

#WHOChina presser. Understanding the process of spill over requires a detailed investigation. Interaction animals, humans and environment. Then established h2h transmission. A virus causing global pandemic must be adaptive can

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