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News headline, photo with caption, and byline. Headline: How a bat disease may have led to the death of more than 1,000 kids A new study in the journal Science found the decline of bats in the United States had come at a deadly cost to humans. Photo with caption: A researcher holds a bat for vaccination in the Cache National Forest near St. Charles, Idaho. The vaccination event took place in Minnetonka Cave over the course of several days late September in 2023. (Jared Ragland/FTWP) Byline: By Dino Grandoni September 5, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. EDT

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News headline, photo with caption, and byline. Headline: How a bat disease may have led to the death of more than 1,000 kids A new study in the journal Science found the decline of bats in the United States had come at a deadly cost to humans. Photo with caption: A researcher holds a bat for vaccination in the Cache National Forest near St. Charles, Idaho. The vaccination event took place in Minnetonka Cave over the course of several days late September in 2023. (Jared Ragland/FTWP) Byline: By Dino Grandoni September 5, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. EDT
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️ (zhizhu@newsie.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 06:50:18 JST Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"bat populations are on the decline, wiped out by a devastating fungus that attacks the insect eaters in their sleep.
...farmers have increased their use of #pesticides on crops in response to the population collapse of #bats, potentially leading to the deaths of more than 1,000 human infants...
Past #research has linked exposure to pesticides with negative #health outcomes, incl childhood asthma & death."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/09/05/bats-white-nose-syndrome/
#Nature #Wildlife #Animals #Food #Climate #News #USA

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