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Scientists develop early warning tool to predict blue fly outbreaks

Scientists develop early warning tool to predict blue fly outbreaks

Loading The stinging cells leave a red line where the tentacle touched your skin and may appear beaded with spots along the affected area. New South Wales beaches were swamped by a ‘bloom’ of blue flies swept by northeast winds in 2021, causing the bites of large numbers of bathers. Dozens of blueflies also washed …

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Study: Genome charaterization based on the Spike-614 and NS8-84 loci of SARS-CoV-2 reveals two major onsets of the COVID-19 pandemic. Image Credit: peterschreiber.media/Shutterstock

New study describes two possible major outbreaks of the COVID-19 pandemic

Chinese scientists have analyzed millions of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) genomes and identified two main genetic drivers of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Study: Genome characterization based on SARS-CoV-2 loci Spike-614 and NS8-84 reveals two major outbreaks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Image Credit: peterschreiber.media/Shutterstock The study is currently available on …

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