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plague California reports first bubonic plague case in 5 years Jason Weisberger
flies Cows painted like zebras keep flies from biting them Mark Frauenfelder
ground hog slay Now the prairie dogs are out to get us Seamus Bellamy
health emergency Ebola outbreak declared a public health emergency of international concern Seamus Bellamy
smelly Sock sniffer suffers from fungal infection in lungs David Pescovitz
crispr A CRISPR-based hack could eradicate malaria-carrying mosquitoes Cory Doctorow
population 'No one should be sleeping well tonight': WHO encourages fear of Ebola Jason Weisberger
computer models Aid workers use computer model to help stop cholera in Yemen dead in its tracks Seamus Bellamy
Peacekeepers Ebola in a war zone: what could go wrong? Seamus Bellamy
vaccine World Health Organization: Ebola's back, baby! Seamus Bellamy
vaccine Vaccinations against Ebola begin in Congolese town of Bikoro Seamus Bellamy
congo Two late-stage Ebola patients break quarantine, the number they may have infected is unknown Seamus Bellamy
emergency Ebola outbreak in Congo has spread to city of one million people Seamus Bellamy
ticks Can you spot the ticks in this poppy seed muffin? David Pescovitz
chickens Supermarket chickens have a "superbug" problem Rob Beschizza
mosquitos Drones to airdrop hundreds of thousands of mosquitos to fight disease David Pescovitz