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New study suggests early COVID-19 strain spread from bats by wildlife trade
A recent study from a team of researchers, including those from UC San Diego, gives new credence to the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic spread naturally from bats, suggesting it arrived in Wuhan ...
UCSD releases new study on origin, spread of COVID-19
The initial spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 might have been accelerated by the wildlife trade, similar to what ...
Bat virus evolution suggests wildlife trade sparked COVID-19 virus emergence in humans
The ancestor of the virus that causes COVID-19 left its point of origin in Western China or Northern Laos just several years ...
Dog data may help track dangerous disease for humans
New research from UC Berkeley and UC Davis suggests that knowing when and where dogs get sick can help us know when humans ...
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LA County declares hepatitis A outbreak
Public health officials say cases of hepatitis A have more than tripled in L.A. County since 2023, prompting the county to ...
SoCal officials unleash sterile mosquitoes in bid to curb disease — with promising results
Releases of sterile male mosquitoes in L.A. County drove down the pest population, studies found. But homeowners would need ...