One Fungus Has Caused More Extinctions Than Any Other Infectious Disease. Some Toads Have Found a Way to Survive It
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"One Fungus Has Caused More Extinctions Than Any Other Infectious Disease. Some Toads Have Found a Way to Survive It" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include ScienceDaily, Phys.org, Agência FAPESP and Nature. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (5)
- Scientists finally solved why some frogs survive a deadly fungus ScienceDaily · 11h ago
- Mystery of why some toads survive deadly fungus revealed Phys.org · 11h ago
- Connection between forests and rivers strengthens amphibians’ microbiome and protects them against a lethal fungus Agência FAPESP · 11h ago
- Early maturation of host antimicrobial peptide defences is associated with host–pathogen coexistence Nature · 11h ago
- One Fungus Has Caused More Extinctions Than Any Other Infectious Disease. Some Toads Have Found a Way to Survive It ScienceAlert · 11h ago broke it first
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