Just about everybody knows the COVID-19 pandemic started spreading from a wildlife meat market in China.
Lots of people know it has been traced to a virus that jumped from bats to humans.
Not nearly as many know that Montana has been a world leader in researching those catastrophic diseases.
And now those researchers warn that the ways people manage the remaining wild landscape could cause even deadlier outbreaks than the one weâre enduring now.
âMontana is also home to one of the few international research centers on global infectious diseases that originate in bats,â said Raina Plowright, an associate professor of microbiology at Montana State University. âBetween MSU and Rocky Mountain Labs, we have one of the largest groups working on bats in the world. And the pathogens we mostly focus on can be more fatal than coronavirus.â
Minnesota State fans getting back into the stands
Minnesota State fans getting back into the stands By KEYC Staff | March 9, 2021 at 9:30 PM CST - Updated March 9 at 9:30 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) â Minnesota State Mavericks fans have been in the stands for a little over a month now, and the university says itâs been going well.
A limited number of fans were allowed back into the facilities, starting with mostly family members.
Looking at one of the main winter sports still going strong into playoffs is menâs hockey. Players, family, friends and fans are excited to get some energy back in the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center.
Michigan State University is planning more than 50 limited-attendance outdoor graduation ceremonies for the Spring 2021 graduating class, according to a news release Wednesday.