Apr 13, 2021 09:44 PM EDT
A virus s RNA - part of the genetic material within a virus - will survive for up to a month in soil, according to a study conducted in rooms where COVID-19 patients were isolated.
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The research did not look at whether the virus can be transmitted to humans by dust. However, it may include another method for tracking COVID-19 outbreaks in individual buildings, such as nursing homes, workplaces, or classrooms.
Dust and Viral Microbes
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Karen Dannemiller, the study s senior author, has studied dust and its relationship to possible dangers such as mold and microbes.
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The apes at the San Diego Zoo and its affiliated safari park are being vaccinated. The park encourages veterinarians to administer vaccinations into their arms through a fence when it s time for them to be vaccinated. It s pretty awesome, said Lisa Peterson, owner of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Our great apes have been taught to take part in their own treatment.
Gorillas Tested Positive
A group of eight gorillas at the safari park tested positive for the coronavirus on January 11th. They were quarantined, treated, and are now on their way to recovery.
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The arrival of five mountain gorilla babies has lifted the spirits of gorilla conservation workers in Bwindi in Uganda, amidst the string of bad tidings that plagued gorilla conservation early in the year.
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A bacterium has been killing chimpanzees in Sierra Leone. Scientists are worried that the said bacterium could eventually spread to humans.
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Researchers led by a team at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, published a study on Wednesday, announcing their findings in the journal Nature Communications.
The study showed that fifty-six (56) chimpanzees died from a similarly mysterious illness at the Tacugama Chimpanzee sanctuary and wildlife reserve. They covered the deaths between 2005 and 2018. The disease causes both gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms that are not subtle, lead researcher Tony Goldberg said. The chimpanzees would stagger and stumble, vomit, and have diarrhea, he said. Sometimes they d go to bed healthy and be dead in the morning.
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Scientists from Germany managed to do something that was only believed to be possible in the fictional world. Straight out of fiction, Germans managed to do the impossible; they made a paralyzed mice walk again.
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The scientists managed to make the handicapped rodent walk again by establishing a neural link. One that was once considered irreparable if damaged. They did this by injecting a designer protein into the brain of the animal.
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