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7 months ago
OMG science

Climate crisis could spark fungus outbreak like 'The Last of Us'

Scientists have identified a hybrid fungus that has acquired properties like infecting humans, growing at higher temperatures, and resisting antifungal drugs.
Hybridization, a process of bringing together divergent genomes and alleles, allows rapid acquisition of pathogenic properties in fungi.
Rising temperatures, changes in ecosystem conditions, globalization, and human actions can make hybridization more common in fungi. [ more ]
www.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago
Coronavirus

Man who contracted H5N2 bird flu dies in Mexico, WHO says

The A(H5N2) strain of bird flu, previously unseen in humans, caused a fatality in Mexico with low public risk.
Questions remain on how the individual got infected, as the source of exposure to the virus is unknown. [ more ]
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