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...that elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus, found mostly among young captive Asian elephants (pictured), can have a fatality rate of up to 90%?
...that epidemiologist Joseph L. Melnick found that polio chiefly spread through fecal contamination, usually by soiled hands, and that the poliovirus could survive for extended periods in sewage?
...that a global advisory committee has been monitoring rapidly developing COVID-19 vaccines against a background of growing misinformation and vaccine hesitancy?
...that sexual-health doctor Mags Portman and activist Greg Owen worked together to provide accessible HIV medication, preventing thousands of new HIV diagnoses in the United Kingdom?
...that before the Hershey–Chase experiment confirmed the role of DNA, scientists believed that genes were carried by proteins?

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 *...that '''[[elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus]]''', found mostly among young captive [[Asian elephant]]s ''(pictured)'', can have a fatality rate of up to 90%?
 *...that [[Epidemiology|epidemiologist]] '''[[Joseph L. Melnick]]''' found that [[Poliomyelitis|polio]] chiefly spread through fecal contamination, usually by soiled hands, and that the [[poliovirus]] could survive for extended periods in [[sewage]]?
+*...that '''[[Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety|a global advisory committee]]''' has been monitoring rapidly developing [[COVID-19 vaccine|{{nowrap|COVID-19}} vaccines]] against [[Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic|a background of growing misinformation]] and [[vaccine hesitancy]]?
-*...that in 2008, [[Diseases of the honey bee|chronic bee paralysis virus]] was discovered in the [[carpenter ant]] '''''[[Camponotus vagus]]'''''?
 *...that sexual-health doctor '''[[Mags Portman]]''' and activist '''[[Greg Owen (activist)|Greg Owen]]''' worked together to provide accessible [[HIV]] medication, preventing thousands of new HIV diagnoses in the United Kingdom?
 *...that before the '''[[Hershey–Chase experiment]]''' confirmed the role of [[DNA]], scientists believed that [[gene]]s were carried by [[protein]]s?