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It only takes a small amount of contact with an infected individual to contract the fatal disease Jospin Mwisha / AFP via Getty The Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has killed over 130 people and ...

Oracle's 5-year CDS has been sitting near 200 bps since the spring, breaking above its 2008 financial crisis peak. AI infrastructure debt is moving into retail retirement accounts through target-date ...

As health officials continue monitoring a hantavirus outbreak tied to the Dutch expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, many people are asking the same question: Could this spread more broadly? The ...

A Burmese python named Harriet has challenged scientific understanding of the species' reproductive cycle. Harriet produced six clutches of eggs over seven reproductive cycles, a much higher rate than ...

In the chronicles of the natural world, Harriet is an evolutionary success story. For Florida, the nearly 13-foot-long Burmese python is an ecological nightmare. Called the “most interesting Burmese ...

Audio Timeline Slider: Use the left or right arrow keys to decrease or increase the slider value. Either way, Andes’ spread is not particularly efficient, says Bradfute. Unlike measles and COVID, ...

It appears that hantavirus — which is typically spread by exposure to rodent urine, feces or saliva and can be deadly — may have spread between passengers on a cruise ship that's anchored off the ...

Invasive Burmese pythons have established a large population in South Florida after being released as exotic pets. Colder weather limits the pythons' range, but there is evidence they may be adapting ...