The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), compared hospitalisations for influenza between November 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020
Scrapie is uncommon, but Virginia and federal officials continue to monitor for the degenerative disease of sheep and goats.
The sheep and goat disease was discussed during a Feb. 2 small ruminent webinar hosted by the Virginia Cooperative Extension.
The disease is caused by a prion, but is still not fully understood, according to Sarah Firebaugh, a USDA veterinarian.
The scrapie prion has a misfolded protein that causes the DNA of infected animals to encode for that protein.
Mad cow disease and chronic wasting disease are also caused by prions.
Although there is a randomized scrapie, in which an animal becomes infected but is not contagious, it is the classical, communicable scrapie that researchers are tracking.
BioNTech, Moderna shore up supplies of key COVID-19 vaccine ingredients
FILE PHOTO: A nurse fills a syringe with a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, at Enfermera Isabel Zendal new pandemic hospital in Madrid, Spain, February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo reuters tickers
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February 12, 2021 - 13:29
By Allison Martell, Ludwig Burger and Chad Terhune
(Reuters) - Vaccine makers are shoring up their supply of a critical raw material in messenger RNA vaccines: the lipid molecules that help deliver the genetic RNA material into cells.
Manufacturers are under pressure to increase production of COVID-19 vaccines as infections from the pandemic approach 110 million people.
Tree fruit scientists spoke about recent research on bitter rot and apple replant disease on Tuesday during the Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention.
Bitter rot causes sunken lesions in apples and produces orange spores. At least eight species of fungus cause bitter rot, but they are closely related, produce identical symptoms and can be managed essentially the same way, said Phillip Martin, a Penn State doctoral student.
Bitter rot has been increasing in recent years, thanks in large part to the expanding acreage of Honeycrisp. Popular with consumers, the variety is also highly susceptible to bitter rot fungi.
Bitter rot grows best in long periods of wetness between 70 and 80 degrees. The fungus often infects the fruit and stays dormant until late in the season or even after harvest.
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – 52 new daily cases of pneumonia flagged as pneumonia with the COVID-19-related signs have been reported in Kazakhstan, Kazinform cites сoronavirus2020.kz.