Liz Kalaugher
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social
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Science writer and author of The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick (Icon Books, April 2025 and University of Chicago Press, May 2025). Co-author of Furry Logic: the Physics of Animal Life.
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Liz Kalaugher
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social
· Apr 17
The Elephant in the Room by Liz Kalaugher review – how we make animals sick
The Elephant in the Room by Liz Kalaugher review – how we make animals sick
From frogs to ferrets, an eye-opening account of the ways we affect the health of other species – and vice versa
www.theguardian.com
'Reciprocal transmission may happen through contact either direct or via intermediaries, or at a remove, when anthropogenic environmental changes make habitats less healthy.'
Harriet Ritvo on the transmission of diseases between animals and humans
Harriet Ritvo on the transmission of diseases between animals and humans
How to stop making ourselves and other animals sick
www.the-tls.com
Reposted by Liz Kalaugher
New Scientist
@newscientist.com
· Jun 18
Tick-borne diseases are booming – but we have new ways to fight them
Ticks are spreading globally and bringing familiar conditions such as Lyme disease with them, as well as totally new ones. Now research is revealing how to prevent and treat the diseases they carry
www.newscientist.com
Reposted by Liz Kalaugher
Liz Kalaugher
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social
· May 30
The @btobirds.bsky.social Blackbirds in Gardens is such an important survey!
Find out in this blog in @springernature.com why #bird diversity could help us control the prevalence of #mosquito-borne viruses #Usutu & #WestNileVirus
go.nature.com/4dvj3g4
#ecology #onehealth #biodiversity
Find out in this blog in @springernature.com why #bird diversity could help us control the prevalence of #mosquito-borne viruses #Usutu & #WestNileVirus
go.nature.com/4dvj3g4
#ecology #onehealth #biodiversity
Liz Kalaugher
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social
· May 30
"The proposed law is designed to put #ecocide on a similar legal footing to other grave crimes such as murder."
@theguardian.com reports on the introduction of the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill yesterday.
Story➡️ www.theguardian.com/...
#StopEcocide #EcocideLaw
@theguardian.com reports on the introduction of the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill yesterday.
Story➡️ www.theguardian.com/...
#StopEcocide #EcocideLaw
Liz Kalaugher
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social
· Apr 17
Liz Kalaugher
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social
· Apr 17
The Elephant in the Room by Liz Kalaugher review – how we make animals sick
The Elephant in the Room by Liz Kalaugher review – how we make animals sick
From frogs to ferrets, an eye-opening account of the ways we affect the health of other species – and vice versa
www.theguardian.com
Liz Kalaugher
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social
· Apr 16
Liz Kalaugher
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social
· Apr 16
After over 3 years of negotiations, WHO Member States have finalized a draft #PandemicAccord to make the world safer from future pandemics.
The draft agreement will now be submitted to WHO’s Member States meeting at the #WHA78 for consideration and adoption.
bit.ly/3EaZQmL
The draft agreement will now be submitted to WHO’s Member States meeting at the #WHA78 for consideration and adoption.
bit.ly/3EaZQmL
Liz Kalaugher
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social
· Apr 15
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social absolutely delighted to have this on my birthday 🎁☺️. I commend to all!
Liz Kalaugher
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social
· Apr 15
Liz Kalaugher
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social
· Apr 14
On Giles Brown's Let's Talk from 10.00CET, @lizkalaugher.bsky.social on 'The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick', John Offeh from ULEZ Prosperity, and Matt Okuhara with 'Nuclear Copper: The Secret World of Nuclear Policing'
Reposted by Liz Kalaugher