Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Author: Heather Kopsco

EcosystemsEnvironmental ScienceHuman Exposure and Public Health

A way forward: an ecological hypothesis to understand and predict disease spillover events

It is critical that we understand all of the pieces of spillover events so that they can be predicted and ideally prevented. Scientists at Auburn University recently considered the two main hypotheses for spillover, and asked how do pathogens with the potential to spillover from wildlife to humans arise in damaged or altered landscapes?

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EcosystemsHuman Exposure and Public Health

Deep breaths: a reduction in the relative abundance of deer mice and update on hantavirus seroprevalence in Yosemite National Park

We arrived at Camp Curry in the heart of Yosemite Valley well past dark, two days before our long-awaited and

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