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Hunt for Ebola in the Rwenzori mountains turns into discussion of nutrition, love, and sex The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is funding a five-year project known as the “Strategies to Prevent Spillover” in seven priority African and Asian countries whose aim is to strengthen their capacities to identity, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in Lugazi town, Buikwe district are restless over the increasing numbers of bats in the area. A large group of bats invaded the town on Tuesday, but the residents say the number is increasing. The bats descended in trees at the formerly known mayor’s …

Beijing, China | AFP | The Chinese virology institute at the centre of US allegations it may have been the source of the COVID-19 pandemic has three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site, but none match the new global contagion, its director has said. Scientists think COVID-19 — which first emerged …