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How much people moved around town predicted COVID-19 cases in Centre County during the initial stay-at-home orders and subsequent restricted phases, according to a new study by researchers who approximated movement using data from traffic cameras and mobile devices.
How much people moved around town predicted COVID-19 cases in Centre County during the initial stay-at-home orders and subsequent restricted phases, according to a new study by researchers at Penn State. The researchers approximated movement using data from traffic cameras and mobile devices, and confirmed that these types of data could be used to monitor and improve
Loss of habitat in Australian bushfires may drive Hendra- and Lyssa-infected bats closer to human populations
Researchers studied bushfire incidences from 2012 to 2020 within eastern Australia, and found that the severe megafires that occurred during 2019-20 were much larger and more concentrated across the landscape than in previous years.
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Australian megafires burn critical habitat of Vulnerable virus-harboring bats
Sara LaJeunesse
July 15, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. The severe megafires that occurred in eastern Australia during 2019-20 were much larger and more concentrated across the landscape than in previous years, according to a study by researchers at Penn State and the University of New South Wales. The unprecedented fires included the burning of 34% of the foraging habitat of grey-headed flying foxes, which are known to transmit deadly Lyssa and Hendra viruses.