Rabies: Teacher dies after being bitten by a bat
In the United States, a professor died after being bitten by a bat which transmitted rabies to her. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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More than 1,300 newborns have died from increased pesticide use in the United States
The mass death of insect-eating bats is leading to an increase in pesticide use in the United States. According to ...
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Rabies detected in a bat in Mayenne
This is the first case of rabies identified in the department. THE ESSENTIAL Except for a few described cases, the ...
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Guyana: a man died of rabies for the first time in 16 years
A man died of rabies in French Guiana and two other deaths are being analyzed, according to department authorities. THE ...
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A woman bitten by a bat: what is she at risk?
What are the risks to human health from a bat bite, which a young French woman recently suffered? THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Cancer: are bats the key to beating the disease?
American researchers have discovered genetic adaptations in proteins in bats that could “suppress cancer”. THE ESSENTIAL As part of a ...
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Aging and inflammatory diseases: hope for treatment thanks to bats
Researchers have discovered a protein in bats that may help fight aging and inflammatory diseases. THE ESSENTIAL Researchers have discovered ...
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How do bats transmit so many viruses without getting sick?
The main suspect in the spread of Covid-19 from animals to humans for a long time, the bat is capable ...
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Bats are not the cause of Covid-19, according to a study
According to an Israeli study, bats are not the cause of the Covid-19 pandemic. They cannot be considered as reservoirs ...
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Why Marburg is scary
Two cases of Marburg virus disease, a hemorrhagic fever almost as deadly as Ebola, have been recorded for the first ...
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A rare case of rabies detected in a bat in the Oise
© istockA rabid bat. A case of rabies has been reported in a chiroptera in the town of Gouvieux, in ...
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Origin of SARS-CoV-2: Pasteur revives the bat trail
The virus responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic would have originated from Asian bats. This is the conclusion of new work ...
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Origin of SARS-CoV-2: researchers really want to know
They are neither satisfied nor convinced by the explanations given so far on the origin of the virus responsible for ...
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18 biologists raise questions about the origin of the virus
Will we ever know how the coronavirus responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic was transmitted to humans? The journal Science has ...
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A virus similar to SARS-CoV-2 was already circulating in Cambodia ten years ago
Samples taken from bats in Cambodia in 2010 were recently analyzed by a team from the Institut Pasteur. Conclusion: two ...
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Virus: discovery of two relatives of rubella
The discovery of two new viruses closely related to rubella suggests that this one could be of animal origin and ...
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The new coronavirus has been present in the bat for at least 40 years
A team of international researchers suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 which causes the pandemic has been circulating in bats for more ...
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New Caledonia: researchers are looking into a virus transmitted by bats
In New Caledonia, doctors are trying to find out more about a virus transmitted by bats to around fifteen people ...
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Coronavirus: evidence of the natural origin of SARS-CoV-2
A new study provides evidence that the virus causing Covid-19 is of natural origin and not the result of human ...
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Six previously unknown coronaviruses discovered in bats in Myanmar
Six new coronaviruses have been discovered in bats in Myanmar. While their potential for transmission still needs to be studied, ...
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Coronavirus: the virus would have a dual origin
Analysis of the genomes of Covid-19 would have revealed a dual origin of the virus. It is not yet known ...
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New coronavirus: why do some epidemics come from bats?
SARS, MERS, Ebola… These different viral epidemics have one thing in common: they come from bats. American researchers believe that ...
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Limoges: after contact with a bat, a patient dies of rabies
© Getty ImagesThis is an extremely rare case: in August 2019, a man died of rabies at the University Hospital ...
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Thailand: why do the children who survived the cave have to stay in isolation?
Finally freed from the cave in which they remained trapped for 17 days, the twelve boys and their trainer must ...
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Bat: a case of rabies in the Drôme
The mammal was found dying on August 3 in Saint-Martin-le-Colonel (Drôme). After he was euthanized, tests showed he was infected ...
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Rabies infected bat bites man in Switzerland
This is the first time since 2002 that the rabies virus has been detected in a bat. Caution should therefore ...
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Americans find bat in packet of salad
A dead bat was found in a package of salad. An investigation is underway to determine the risk of transmission ...
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Brazil: vampire bats consume human blood
Some bats consume human blood, according to Brazilian research. Scientists fear the occurrence of cases of rabies. By going on ...
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Lot-et-Garonne: bats to hunt tiger mosquitoes
The city of Marmande wants to stop the proliferation of the tiger mosquito by promoting the reintroduction of bats.In the ...
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Rabies: 12 children killed by vampire bats in Peru
12 children were attacked by bats with rabies on the border between Peru and Ecuador. The disease killed them, for ...
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