Tag Archives: Pathogen

UC Davis Medical Center will soon become the first special pathogen treatment center in Northern California. The new classification, known as National Special Pathogens System (NSPS) Level 2, means the hospital will be able to treat patients infected with contagious infectious diseases like Ebola and the Marburg virus. UC Davis said the new classification is thanks to $1.2 million in …

A sunflower sea star – credit, Ed Bierman CC 2.0. For years, a wasting disease has been turning sea stars to goo off the California coast. Scientists now finally know the cause, and are beginning to fight back. Whether it has over 20 arms like the sunflower sea star, or just 5, billions of Pacific sea stars were being wiped …