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Why is norovirus reporting in England so high at the moment?

UK Health Security

4/Sydney/2012 variants persisting as the most frequently detected variant worldwide since the winter of 2012. 17 now accounts for 66.3% of characterised samples during the 2024/2025 season to date. Previously, GII.4 4 noroviruses have dominated globally with GII.4/Sydney/2012 17 Key information about GII.17

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Hotter, more frequent droughts threaten California’s iconic blue oak forests

Frontiers

The study focuses on the extreme drought of 2012 – 2016, but suggests that these conditions will become more frequent in the future. The devastating 2012 – 2016 drought in California triggered widespread tree cover loss and die-offs of a variety of species in the region.

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Just 25 mega-cities produce 52% of the world’s urban greenhouse gas emissions

Frontiers

Then, they analyzed and compared the carbon reduction progresses of the cities based on the emission inventories recorded in different years (from 2012 to 2016). For 30 cities, there was a clear emission decrease between 2012 and 2016. Lastly, they assessed the cities’ short-, mid-, and long-term carbon mitigation goals.

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New method predicts ‘stealth’ solar storms before they wreak geomagnetic havoc on Earth

Frontiers

On 23 July 2012, humanity escaped technological and economic disaster. While CMEs as large as the 2012 event are rare, lesser ones cause damage on Earth about once every three years. The cost of the potential damage has been estimated at between $600bn and $2.6trn in the US alone.

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Whooping cough cases spike in N.C.

NC Health News

During a 2012 outbreak in Winston-Salem, a 2-month-old died. That’s well below the 48,277 cases in 2012, which was the highest in more than six decades. The name “whooping cough” comes from the “whooping” sound made when people catch their breath after a prolonged fit of coughing. Early symptoms can mimic a cold.

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In major breakthrough, researchers close in on potential preeclampsia cure

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

An antibody developed in 2012 to target only the toxic protein while leaving its healthy counterpart unscathed is currently undergoing clinical trials in human patients suffering from traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer's Disease. Experts pinpointed a toxic protein named cis P-tau in the blood and placenta of individuals with preeclampsia.

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How not to poison your family this Thanksgiving – Redux

NC Health News

This classic NC Health News story first ran in Nov, 2012. ” For example, in the 2012 Cleveland County Fair E. But the need not to make your family sick remains pertinent. Happy Thanksgiving! By Rose Hoban Kate Houghton-Zatz was more than a little nervous about Thanksgiving.

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