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When seven cattle mysteriously died on a farm in Albemarle County in 2017, veterinary anatomic pathologist Kevin Lahmers had no reason to suspect the culprit: a tiny pest carrying a disease commonly confined to the Eastern Hemisphere.
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The first line of defense against coronavirus, and really every infectious disease, is the simple act of handwashing.
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The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) has awarded $200,000 in pilot funding to multi-institutional research projects
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A flyer on a bulletin board in the math department office at Paine College caught Franklin McKie’s eye and led him to making history at Virginia Tech.
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A JMU researcher says new guidelines for over-the-counter hearing aids expected this year from the FDA will make the devices much more accessible to the general public.
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Hazardous air pollutants like benzene found in gasoline have been linked to cancer, asthma, autism, reduced fertility, and lower intelligence in humans.
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To keep hungry rodents from ravaging his rice at night, Cambodian farmer Leng Nget formerly slept in his field.
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Forest systems, a crucial resource for fresh water around the world, are under increasing pressure from global change factors like climate change, population growth, and land management decisions.
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The “fescue belt” stretches 1,000 miles across the southeastern United States, from Virginia and the Carolinas in the east to Kansas and Oklahoma in the west.
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A child born today will experience a world 4 degrees warmer than the pre-industrial average.
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