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A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza has killed thousands of wild birds and is now infecting seals and other marine mammals. Researchers know the virus can jump from birds to mammals, but they are on alert to see if it can be transmitted from mammal to mam...

A new study links a wave of bird flu to the deaths of more than 330 New England harbor and gray seals along the North Atlantic coast in 2022.

A deadly virus affects seals on the North Atlantic coasts of North America and Europe very differently. New research clarifies why.

Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine researchers are studying phocine distemper virus, which affects seals along the North Atlantic coasts of North America and Europe

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