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From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
Most Ebola spillover events, which is when a virus like Ebola is transmitted to humans, occur in miners working deep in caves where bats live.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
Dr. Josh Schiffer, an infectious-disease modeler and physician at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, says the study makes clear that Andes hantavirus can be transmitted through the air.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
A number of cases have been seen in Scotland in the past, involving a different type of hantavirus which can only be transmitted from rodents.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
The most effortless way a germ could spread is by just waiting to be transmitted passively to the next victim.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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