Projectile vomiting is common with norovirus.
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Patricia L. Foster, Indiana University
Norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, is highly infectious among people in confined places – like cruise ships. But not everyone is equally vulnerable. Your blood type may determine if you get sick.
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To understand the effects of a big die-off, researchers set up experiments with wild boar carcasses.
Brandon Barton, Mississippi State University
Brandon Barton, Mississippi State University; Abby Jones, Mississippi State University
Death is a natural part of ecosystems. But it's unusual for a large number of animals to all die at once. Researchers are investigating how a mass mortality event affects what's left afterwards.
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Carol Nackenoff, Swarthmore College; Julie Novkov, University at Albany, State University of New York
If upheld, a federal court ruling would solidify birthright citizenship as the law of the land, and overturn more than a century of federal refusal to grant American Samoans citizenship status.
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Richard Aster, Colorado State University
Puerto Rico's January earthquakes came after many foreshocks and have been followed by numerous aftershocks. Scientists are studying these sequences to improve earthquake forecasting.
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Katie Siek, Indiana University
A health informatics researcher explains why people don't always get the 'credit' they think they should from using wearable fitness trackers.
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