Environmental News Network: Viral Evolution in Animals Could Reveal Future of COVID-19
“SARS-CoV-2, in the realm of coronaviruses, has a very broad species range,” said Laura Bashor.
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Washington Post: Denver Zoo reports world's first coronavirus cases in hyenas
Samples from a variety of animals at the zoo, including the spotted hyenas, were tested after several lions at the facility became ill, according to the National Veterinary Services Laboratories. The hyena samples tested presumptive positive at a lab at Colorado State University, and the cases were confirmed by the national lab.
New York Times: Two spotted hyenas at the Denver Zoo are the first known to have Covid-19
The samples were tested by the Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. The hyenas are the latest in a number of infections confirmed among animals at the Denver Zoo.
Viral evolution in animals could reveal future of COVID-19
The CSU team analyzed mutation types occurring in SARS-CoV-2 after cross-species infection.
MarComm receives awards for sesquicentennial website, Washington Post story
The Silver Pick for the Washington Post story was awarded to Science Writer and Senior PR Specialist Mary Guiden, whose media relations efforts led to a June 30 article by Post reporter Carolyn Johnson titled, “Coronavirus vaccines are widely available in the U.S. So why are scientists working on new ones?”
Fox31: Medical community warns against using livestock drug ivermectin for COVID-19 treatment
VIDEO: "There is really no good evidence that it helps cure or prevent COVID." -Professor Brian Foy, regarding the use of ivermectin and the coronavirus
JAVMA News: Finding the spreaders of chronic wasting disease
“We’re testing them all for CWD, monitoring their movement, their reproduction, their survival—the whole shebang,” Dr. Ballard said. “And then ... samples will be submitted to Colorado State University for additional diagnostics.”