AvatarResident42flipped into Science, Tech, EconomicsSwine flu strain with human pandemic potential increasingly found in pigs in Chinasciencemag.orgWhat the world doesn't need now is a pandemic on top of a pandemic. So a new finding that pigs in China are more and more frequently becoming …
AvatarPolMexflipped into Interesting and NewsworthyThe pandemic stilled human activity. What did this ‘anthropause' mean for wildlife?sciencemag.orgScience's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation. After the coronavirus pandemic exploded worldwide, …
Medical News TodayJul 3, 2020Newly identified swine flu could become a human pandemicMedical News Today - James KingslandResearchers in China have identified an influenza virus called G4 that can infect both pigs and humans. While G4 is not yet able to spread from …
Jeff Buhmannflipped into Animals & PetsStudy Finds That Pets Have Had Life-Saving Effects Since the Pandemic Disrupted Human Relationshipsverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Madeleine MuzdakisPets' roles as human companions has never been more important than in 2020. During this tough year, people around the world have faced the mental struggles of isolation. Touch—especially—has been hard to safely come by. In the absence of the ability to hug friends and family outside our bubbles, …
WIREDflipped into SciencePandemic Quiet Is Helping Humans Eavesdrop on Rare DolphinsWIRED - Ronan O'ConnellResearchers are hoping to use the opportunity to get a better handle on the language of Australia’s endangered Burrunan dolphins. This story …
VentureBeatflipped into AIMicrosoft researchers use Bing data to track shifting human needs during the pandemicverified_publisherVentureBeat - Kyle WiggersResearch about the pandemic has mostly focused on epidemiology, but health data alone can’t inform policies — decisions should ideally take into account the impacts on communities. Driven by this maxim, Microsoft researchers developed a framework to characterize the changes in people’s …
