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Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), formerly the New York Zoological Society (NYZS), endeavors to save wildlife and wild lands though careful use of science, conservation around the world, education and through a system of urban wildlife parks. The wildlife parks include the world-renowned Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium, Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo and Prospect Park Zoo.

According to WCS's website, its mission is:

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PREDICT program a model for global pandemic prevention

(Medical Xpress)—Groundbreaking efforts by PREDICT, a project led by the One Health Institute at the University of California, Davis, are highlighted today in the medical journal The Lancet as a model ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Health experts narrow the hunt for Ebola

Response efforts to outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Africa can benefit from a standardized sampling strategy that focuses on the carcasses of gorillas, chimpanzees and other species known to succumb ...

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Climate to widen sleeping sickness risk to southern Africa

Sleeping sickness could threaten tens of millions more people as the tsetse fly which transmits the disease spreads to southern Africa as a result of global warming, a study published on Wednesday says.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0