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As bats die, feds ask people to stay out of caves
U.S.
… animals have been found with a disease known as " white - nose syndrome ." The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made the ..... explore multiple caves. There is no evidence that white nose is a threat to people. White nose was confirmed in …
Story|03/26/2009
Deadly Bat Disease Spreads to Six States
AP| SciTech
… spreads across the country. White - nose syndrome poses no health threat to ..... fruitlessly for insects. White - nose syndrome spread fast last winter to ..... earnest this month. Bats with white - nose syndrome were found recently in northern …
Story|02/04/2009
Will Bats Outlast Mystery Fungus?
AP| SciTech
… eastern United States over several winters. Scientists suspect a fungus that thrives in cold, moist caves causes white - nose syndrome , named for the sugary smudges of fungus on the noses and wings of hibernating bats. The repopulation experiment …
Story|10/27/2009
Forest Service Closing Caves to Stop Bat Fungus
AP| SciTech
… alarming rates from what scientists call " white - nose syndrome ," so-named because it appears as a white powder on the face and wings of hibernating ..... private property. Peter Youngbaer, white nose syndrome liaison for the National Speleological …
Story|05/04/2009
Deadly Bat Epidemic Still Baffling Scientists
AP| SciTech
… the thousands, often with a white ring of fungus around their ..... dank caves to find out why. " White nose syndrome ," as the killer has been dubbed ..... International of Austin, Texas. White nose syndrome has afflicted at least four species …
Story|02/15/2008
Officials Ask People to Stay Out of Caves Where as Many as 500,000 Bats Have Died
AP| U.S.
… disease known as " white - nose syndrome ." The U.S. Fish ..... Peter Youngbaer, white nose syndrome liaison for the National ..... moist caves causes white nose and that it is spread ..... bat to bat. But the syndrome has spread more than …
Story|03/26/2009
Heaters May Help Bats With Mysterious, Deadly Disease
AP| SciTech
… of researchers say. The biologists stress that the boxes being tested this winter are not intended to cure " white - nose syndrome ," which has killed upward of a half million bats in three winters from New England
Story|03/06/2009
Deadly Bat Epidemic Mystery Solved
SciTech
… journal Science. Mysterious white stuff Bats covered with the fungus, a sickness now called white - nose syndrome , were first spotted in Howes ..... all the states affected by white - nose syndrome ," Blehert said. The fungus …
Story|11/05/2008
Study: Tourette's Syndrome Most Common in Whites, Boys
AP| Health
… Study: Tourette's Syndrome Most Common in Whites ..... June 04, 2009 Tourette syndrome occurs in 3 out of every ..... than twice as common in white kids as in blacks or Hispanics, according ..... as mild as blinking, nose twitching or grimacing ..... their child had Tourette syndrome . They also were asked ..... Tourette's rate in white children was about 4 …
Story|06/04/2009
Epidemic Killing Bats Across Upstate New York
AP| SciTech
… the cause of mysterious condition dubbed " white nose syndrome ." The ailment — named for the white circle of fungus found around the noses of affected ..... this potential for this huge spread." The white fungus ring around bats' noses is a symptom …
Story|01/30/2008
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