Billions of Cicadas Emerge in Noisy Mating Scene
After 17 years, they’re back! Cicadas are popping up between the Carolinas and Connecticut and there’s nothing you can do about them.
Category: Biological
Senior scientists attack Chinese researchers for creating new strains of influenza virus in veterinary laboratory
Photo: The Independent Experts warn of danger that the new viral strains created by mixing bird-flu virus with human influenza could escape from the laboratory to cause a global pandemic killing millions of people....
Parasite ‘resistant to malaria drug artemisinin’
New drug-resistant strains of the parasite that causes malaria have been identified by scientists. Researchers found parasites in western Cambodia that are genetically different from other strains around the world. These organisms are able...
Robots Fighting Superbugs
In this era of threatening superbugs, products for fighting hospital infections seem to be multiplying as fast as the germs themselves. Hospitals can now fight superbugs with devices that resemble Star Wars robots. (April...
Bird Flu Strain Spreads as Taiwan Reports First Infection
Photo: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images. Taiwan confirmed an H7N9 bird flu infection in a traveler returning to the island from China, the first incidence of the killer virus spreading outside the mainland. A 53-year-old Taiwanese man tested positive...
New bird strain is ‘one of most lethal’ flu viruses, WHO says
Photo: (REUTERS) A new bird flu strain that has killed 22 people in China is “one of the most lethal” of its kind and transmits more easily to humans than another strain that has killed...
China pig and dog deaths prompt probe into factories
A Chinese village has closed nearby chemical plants after hundreds of pigs and dogs died mysteriously, sparking fears among local residents. A total of 410 pigs and 122 dogs were found dead in Dongtun...
No poultry contact in some China bird flu cases: WHO
Photo Credit: REUTERS/Aly Song (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that a number of people who have tested positive for a new strain of bird flu in Chinahave had no history of contact...
Study reveals GMO corn to be highly toxic
AFP Photo / Paul J. Richards A leaked study examining genetically-modified corn reveals that the lab-made alternative to organic crops contains a startling level of toxic chemicals. An anti-GMO website has posted the results...
China bird flu: Reported H7N9 cases rise to 60
China has reported 11 fresh cases of bird flu, with the virus now appearing in the central province of Henan and the capital Beijing. The new cases of the H7N9 strain bring the total...
