COVID-19 Variants Evolve 3x Faster in Deer Than Humans
Scientists collected 1,522 nasal swabs from free-ranging deer in 83 of the state's 88 counties between November 2021 and March 2022. More than 10 percent of the samples were positive for…
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Coronavirus Probably Spread Widely in Deer and Perhaps Back to People, U.S.D.A. Says
Why It Matters: Deer could be a source of new variants.There is no evidence that deer play a major role in spreading the virus to humans, but the transmission of the virus from people to…
Shaakuntalam Movie Review: Oh deer, this myth-drama fails on all fronts
Express News Service
In adapting a mythological tale for cinema, you are forced to pick one of two paths. You can be faithful to the original story and look to…
White-tailed deer blood kills bacteria that causes Lyme disease
As tick season kicks in across the country, the executive director of the University of Massachusetts Amherst-based New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEWVEC) and his…
Gwyneth Paltrow to stand trial for Deer Valley ski crash
By SAM METZ - Associated Press
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow is scheduled to stand trial on Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by a retired optometrist…
State and US officials tout spending to plug ‘orphan wells’
By GERALD HERBERT and KEVIN McGILL - Associated Press
ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, La. (AP) — Stacks of valves, networks of pipes and hulking,…
Deer Carry COVID Variants No Longer Seen in People
Cara Murez
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- While COVID-19 variants Alpha, Gamma and Delta are no longer circulating among humans, they continue…
Famed LA cougar P-22 euthanized following health problems
CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — P-22, the celebrated mountain lion that took up residence in the middle of Los Angeles and…
Famed LA mountain lion euthanized following health problems
CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — P-22, the celebrated mountain lion that took up residence in the middle of Los Angeles and…
Is this a deer I see? Socially aware AI adapts by asking questions of humans
Scholars built an agent that learns by asking humans questions and adapts them based on socially aware observations.…