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Cary Institute partners on $3M study on COVID-19 variants that could emerge from wildlife

November 9, 2023

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Cary to co-lead $4.8M study on how environmental conditions shape viral outbreaks in wild rodents

October 31, 2023

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Ecology and artificial intelligence: stronger together

September 11, 2023

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Animals and AI help scientists study pandemics

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Animal reservoirs—where the next SARS-CoV-2 variant could arise

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Predicting disease spillover to prevent pandemics

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Which animal viruses could infect people? Computers are racing to find out

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The Coronavirus Menagerie

February 22, 2022

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Machine learning IDs mammal species with the potential to spread SARS-CoV-2

November 16, 2021

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The threat nobody is talking about? Covid spillback

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New study identifies bird species that could spread ticks and Lyme disease

January 26, 2021

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The NIH launches a global hunt for animal-to-human diseases

September 17, 2020

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Catching the next pandemic early: the coronavirus is one example

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Can AI be the answer to predicting viruses?

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Can we successfully predict the next pandemic?

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Can an algorithm predict the next disease outbreak?

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The disease always gets a head start: how to handle an epidemic

January 28, 2020

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AI could present a new paradigm in epidemiology

October 29, 2019

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Eleven bat species found in India are potential carriers of Nipah virus: Study

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Model predicts bat species with the potential to spread deadly Nipah virus in India

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$2M NSF grant harnesses big data & AI to advance disease prevention

November 9, 2017

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The Cary Institute teams with IBM Research to address Zika

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Zika may be spread by 35 mosquito species, says study

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IBM steps up efforts in fight against Zika

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Artificial intelligence reveals undiscovered bat carriers of Ebola and other filoviruses

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These maps could help predict the next big animal-to-human disease outbreak

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Deadly diseases can jump from animals to humans. These maps show where that might happen next.

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First maps of diseases which spread from animals to humans

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These maps reveal where rats, monkeys, and other mammals may pass diseases on to humans

A global early warning system for infectious diseases

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Hunt for Ebola’s wild hideout takes off as epidemic wanes

January 12, 2016

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Tracking infectious disease

November 6, 2015

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The algorithm that's hunting Ebola

September 23, 2015

Bats are pivotal to the ecology of disease

Researchers unraveling secrets of Ebola talk at UGA

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Of mice and mouse clicks

Type on a keyboard, see what happens!

Could a computer predict the next pandemic?

Forecasting future infectious disease outbreaks