New Analysis Identifies Hot Spots Where Another Coronavirus Could Jump To Humans From Horseshoe Bats

 Where Could The Next Coronavirus Jump To Humans?  New Research Offers Clues by Benji Jones.  Vox.  May 31, 2021.  

Potential Animal Species Host For Coronavirus Now Includes Mice; Mutations Need To Be Monitored To Identify Potential New Hosts

 Virus Variants Can Infect Mice, Scientists Report by Apoorva Mandavilli.  The New York Times.  March 31, 2021.  

"Hard To Imagine That Climate Change Will Be Good For Human Health"

Scientists Are Seeing An 'Acceleration Of Pandemics."  They Are Looking At Climate Change by Doyle Rice.  USA TODAY.  September 10, 2020.   

Planning For Pandemics Not Just Individual Diseases

Welcome To The Age Of Pandemics by Peter Daszak.  The New York Times.  February 27, 2019.

How Do Bats Live With So Many Viruses?

How Do Bats Live With So Many Viruses?  By James Gorman.  The New York Times.  January 28, 2020.

Surveillance Program To Track Animal Viruses That May Infect Humans Quietly Being Shut Down

Scientists Were Hunting For The Next Ebola.  Now The U.S. Has Cut Off Their Funding by Donald G. McNeil Jr.  The New York Times.  October 25, 2019.

Chronic Wasting Disease In Deer Could Illustrate One Potential Danger Of Eating Contaminated Meet

Health Officials Are Worried That 'Zombie Deer Disease' Could Someday Spread To Humans by Jamie Ducharme.  Time.  February 19, 2019.  

Health Warning: Do Not Kiss A Hedgehog

Pet Owners Beware:  Don't Kiss That Hedgehog by Glenn Howatt.  Star Tribune.  January 28, 2019.

Animal Attacks--Costs And Causes; Relationship To Climate Change And Income

Animal Attacks Cost Us More Than $1 Billion A Year, And They're Becoming More Common by Naomi Thomas.  CNN.  December 11, 2018. 

The Frontier Of Xenotransplantation

20 Americans Die Each Day Waiting For Organs.  Can Pigs Save Them?  by Tom Clynes. The New York Times Magazine. 

Why Is Cancer So Rare In Elephants?

Why Is Cancer So Rare In Elephants?  They Might Thank Their 'Zombie Gene' by Melissa Healy. Los Angeles Times.  August 15, 2018. 

African Matabele Ants Provide "Medical" Care To Wounded Ants; Triage Is Part Of System

Medical Care For Wounded Ants.  University of Wurzburg/Science Daily.  February 13, 2018. 

Source Of Abused Drugs: Veterinarian Offices

War On Opioids Moves To Veterinarians' Offices by Marsha Mercer.  Pew Charitable Trusts.  August 23, 2017. 

Emotional Contagion In Dogs: A Therapeutic Tool

The Empathetic Dog by Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi.  The New York Times.  June 4, 2017. 

Should You Let Your Dog Lick Your Face? Beware Of Zoonotic Bacteria

Should You Let Your Dog Lick Your Face?  by Christopher Mele.  The New York Times.  October 21, 2016

Ethical, Environmental, And Health Problems Associated With Many Foods In The Supermarket

The Neurotic Eater's Grocery List by Nick Tabor And James D. Walsh.  New York Magazine.  July 10, 2016. 

Cancer Is Contagious Among Clams. What About Us? Could Provide Clues To Metastasis

Cancer Is Contagious Among Clams.  What About Us?  Carl Zimmer. The New York Times.  June 22, 2016

Colleges Confront Issues Raised By Students' Need For 'Comfort Animals' To Deal With Stress

Campuses Debate Rising Demand For 'Comfort Animals' by Jan Hoffman.  The New York Times.  October 4, 2015. 

Sixth Mass Extinction Underway; 41 Percent Of Amphibians, 26 Percent Of Mammals, Humans Threatened

Sixth Mass Extinction Is Here:  Humanity's Existence Threatened.  Stanford University/Science Daily.  June 19, 2015. 

L'Oreal To Begin 3D-Printing Skin For Product Evaluation; Firm Ended Animal Testing In 1989

L'Oreal To Begin 3D-Printing Skin by Tracy Staedter.  Discovery.  May 19, 2015.