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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Sometimes we hate mice, but sometimes we love them.

You can now own a mouse with an immune system that's identical to yours. Why would you want to do that? So that drugs and medical therapies can be tested on the mouse first, before they're used on you. Some researchers...
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Hanta Haunts Yosemite While West Nile Attacks Texas

Thursday, September 6, 2012
10,000 tourists who stayed in cabins at Yosemite National Park recently might have been exposed to the deadly mouse-borne Hanta Virus. So far , Hanta has made 6 of the tourists ill. Hanta Virus is caused by inhaling the dried feces of infected mice. It is also carried by prairie dogs...
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Overrun by Mice

Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Think YOU'VE got mice? MILLIONS of field mice are overrunning farms in Germany, gobbling up crops and reducing yields by as much as 50%. It's the worst mouse plague in over 30 years.

Getting birds of prey to hunt the mice didn't help. Der Spiegel quotes farm spokesman...
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