Tag: disease
About this series – Addiction: A Rural Reality
This special report focuses on the opioid crisis in rural Ohio and Pennsylvania. It was written to raise awareness, dispel myths and share solutions.
Breaking the cycle of opioid addiction
Following his own recovery, Jon Black works to disrupt the deadly cycle of opioid addiction by dedicating himself to sobriety and counseling others.
David Stanley’s last chance
David Stanley fought to get his life back, knowing it would be his last chance to recover. However, his battle with opioid addiction ended in September.
Opioids and their impact on our rural counties
Addiction: A Rural Reality shares stories from three rural counties with high rates of overdose deaths. Get the facts and figures behind our coverage.
History of the Opioid Epidemic
Learn how the medical field played a role in the spread of the opioid epidemic and the astonishing facts that plague our communities today.
How will climate change impact animal ag in Northeast?
Nutrient management and disease are expected to be complicated by warmer, wetter conditions. An increase in hot days will challenge some and benefit others.
Avian, human influenza may infect bats
Researchers studying pathogen diversity in bats in South and Central America identified two new influenza viruses in fruit bats.
Overcrowded barns could pose disease risk for cattle
Extreme cold or rapidly changing weather can lower animals’ immune response, leaving them more susceptible to disease.
Zika virus: Ohio State expert available to speak about disease-carrying mosquitoes
Zika virus is now present throughout Latin America and has also infected more than 30 people in the U.S. who contracted the disease while traveling abroad.
Genetics makes soybeans resistant to disease
MADISON, Wis. -- Scientists have identified three neighboring genes that make soybeans resistant to the most damaging disease of soybean.
The genes exist side-by-side on...
