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Over a third of these electrodes failed to pick up any signal, although most the remaining electrodes had reduced contact with the skin, resulting in less accurate signal detection.

The Japanese concept of forest bathing isn’t simply a spiritual practice, according to Willis, an Oxford University biodiversity professor who shows that different kinds of contact with plants can affect humans in measurable ways.

But other factors, including how and what we eat, how we move, and the environmental toxins we come into contact with also shape our health, often in much more foundational ways than in-hospital treatments.

Anyone who comes into contact with a bat, alive or dead, should report the encounter to their healthcare provider.

Claire and her team work with local health bodies, the police, housing services and anyone in direct contact with drug users to pass on intelligence they receive about contaminated batches of drugs.