The trapping lobby has a stranglehold over Vermont’s wildlife policy: All of the current members of the Fish & Wildlife Board, for example, are hunters, anglers and/or trappers, with no opportunity for other voices to be heard.
If it seems like infectious diseases are coming at us faster, spreading more widely and persisting longer than they have in generations, it’s because they are, health experts say.
Researchers have used medieval pollen samples from across Europe to conclude that Black Death mortality rates were lower but not all bubonic researchers agree.