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...that besides feeding on
soybeans
and
transmitting
viruses
to them, a
soybean aphid
(pictured)
can also injure the plant by interfering with its
photosynthetic
pathways?
...that
transmission of COVID-19
is known to occur through
respiratory droplets
, contaminated surfaces, kissing, and
aerosol-generating medical procedures
?
...that medical researcher
Shuping Wang
may have saved tens of thousands of lives by defying authorities and exposing an
HIV/AIDS scandal in China
?
...that the
Global Certification Commission
has certified the eradication of wild
poliovirus
in five of the six
WHO regions
, with the exception of the Eastern Mediterranean Region?
...that in 1953, American scientist
Winston Price
isolated the first
rhinovirus
, the most prevalent cause of the
common cold
?
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