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Flu Dunnit
Enviro Disruptions Will Cause More Animal Diseases to Jump to Humans |
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14 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Flu Dunnit Enviro Disruptions Will Cause More Animal Diseases to Jump to Humans In coming years, diseases -- primarily viruses -- passed from animals to human beings pose one of the principal threats to world health, warned a conference of scientists at the Royal Society in London yesterday. Environmental disruptions ranging from deforestation to population migration to global warming ... |
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| Topics: climate, deforestation, health, population, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Great Bitten?
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24 Jan 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Great Bitten? Large parts of England and Wales are at risk of becoming breeding grounds for malaria as global warming heats up local temperatures, according to a study by Durham University scientists commissioned by the Brits' Department of Health. Increased temperatures encourage mosquitoes to breed and feed more rapidly, and they speed up the maturation of the malaria parasite. At present, no British mosquitoes ... |
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| Topics: climate, health, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics) |
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