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‘Bioweapons’ and cover-ups: The untruths behind RFK Jr.’s disease claims

December 11, 2024

Lyme disease risks under review after invasive moth infestation

November 30, 2024

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Cary scientists act fast to study spongy moth impacts on disease-carrying ticks

November 21, 2024

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Bobcats are back, and they’re helping protect people from zoonotic disease

November 12, 2024

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Hudson Valley health officials concerned about Eastern Equine Encephalitis

September 14, 2024

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Climate crisis is helping spread deadly mosquito viruses in the US

September 5, 2024

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Cary Institute partners on $3M study on COVID-19 variants that could emerge from wildlife

November 9, 2023

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Cary to co-lead $4.8M study on how environmental conditions shape viral outbreaks in wild rodents

October 31, 2023

Cary Institute hosts data library interns

October 3, 2023

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Ecology and artificial intelligence: stronger together

September 11, 2023

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Troubling waters: Antiviral medications in wastewater may drive resistance in bat-borne viruses

August 16, 2023

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I’m a tick biologist whose body seems to kill off ticks

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Animals and AI help scientists study pandemics

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Ticks can take a licking from really tough weather

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Blog: Translational Ecology

The whine of a mosquito on a summer night

October 3, 2022

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Lyme vaccine trial enrolling participants for phase three

September 13, 2022

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Animal reservoirs—where the next SARS-CoV-2 variant could arise

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A lethal tick-borne disease is spreading in the US, driven by climate change

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Squirrels could make monkeypox a forever problem

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Predicting disease spillover to prevent pandemics

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Which animal viruses could infect people? Computers are racing to find out

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the new york times

The Coronavirus Menagerie

February 22, 2022

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Research snapshot: For Baltimore mosquitoes, study finds there’s room for all

December 16, 2021

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Machine learning IDs mammal species with the potential to spread SARS-CoV-2

November 16, 2021

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The threat nobody is talking about? Covid spillback

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It’s not just your imagination — ticks are out of control this year

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How Biodiversity Can Prevent Pandemics

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A diversity of wildlife is good for our health

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The Search for Animals That Could Carry the Next Deadly Virus

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Understanding the evolution of SARS and COVID-19 type viruses

February 26, 2021

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Is Lyme disease on the rise? Here's what experts want you to know

February 5, 2021

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The animals that ticks bite in the U.S. South can impact Lyme disease spread

February 5, 2021

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New study identifies bird species that could spread ticks and Lyme disease

January 26, 2021

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West Nile virus infection risk is higher in less affluent neighborhoods in Baltimore, MD

December 14, 2020

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The NIH launches a global hunt for animal-to-human diseases

September 17, 2020

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How habitat and temperature influence mosquito success

August 26, 2020

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analytics india

5 Times when AI was used for social good

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COVID-19 could lead to increase in tick-borne illness, experts say. Here’s why.

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the new york times

Lyme disease season is here. These are tips on how to avoid it.

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Pandemics: Humans are the culprits

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Scientists say this tick season may not be bad, but the risk of Lyme is higher

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Dangerous misunderstandings

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Herd immunity

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The more we lose biodiversity, the worse will be the spread of infectious diseases

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Catching the next pandemic early: the coronavirus is one example

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Is the coronavirus pandemic related to meat production?

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Human impact on the environment may make pandemics more likely, experts warn

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Can AI be the answer to predicting viruses?

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Can we successfully predict the next pandemic?

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Our growing food demands will lead to more Corona-like viruses

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Destroyed habitat creates the perfect conditions for coronavirus to emerge

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Can an algorithm predict the next disease outbreak?

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The disease always gets a head start: how to handle an epidemic

January 28, 2020

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The lone star tick could soon be colonizing a backyard near you

December 5, 2019

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AI could present a new paradigm in epidemiology

October 29, 2019

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In Baltimore, lower income neighborhoods have bigger mosquitoes

October 15, 2019

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Tickbusters on the Lookout for Lyme

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Eleven bat species found in India are potential carriers of Nipah virus: Study

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Model predicts bat species with the potential to spread deadly Nipah virus in India

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Winter Tick Risk

February 21, 2019

Microbes hitch a ride inland on coastal fog

August 23, 2018

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Forest ecology shapes Lyme disease risk in the eastern US

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8 facts about the ecology of Lyme

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Rats, cats, and people trade-off as main course for mosquitoes in Baltimore, MD

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$2M NSF grant harnesses big data & AI to advance disease prevention

November 9, 2017

Tracking the spread of a deadly fish virus in the Pacific Northwest

September 6, 2017

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Bug Hunt

August 19, 2017

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The hidden inequality of mosquito bites

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In urban Baltimore, poor neighborhoods have more mosquitoes

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Why you should really be scared of ticks this summer

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Prepare for a Bad Summer for Ticks

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Forbidding forecast for Lyme disease in the Northeast

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Zika may be spread by 35 mosquito species, says study

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The Tick Project: Preventing Lyme Disease

September 23, 2016

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Artificial intelligence reveals undiscovered bat carriers of Ebola and other filoviruses

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These maps reveal where rats, monkeys, and other mammals may pass diseases on to humans

A global early warning system for infectious diseases

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Beating Zika in the wild

February 10, 2016

Small, fast, and crowded: Mammal traits amplify Lyme disease risk

September 18, 2014

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Opossums - killers of ticks

An interview with Rick Ostfeld

December 2, 2013

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Black-legged ticks linked to Encephalitis in New York State