A livestock crossing between New Mexico and Mexico reopened after being closed for 18 months due to concerns about New World screwworm importation from Mexican cattle. The US Agriculture Secretary stated that while the pest has not been eliminated from the United States, the crossing will remain open only if Mexican authorities continue following a joint surveillance and treatment plan. This year, the disease has been detected in 49 animals across Texas and New Mexico, including cases in horses.
Three counties in west-central Florida declared states of emergency to address rising dengue fever cases, with 177 confirmed cases reported in Hillsborough County as of late September, including one death. The emergency declarations will enable officials to take actions to control mosquito populations and seek federal reimbursement for expenses. Meanwhile, the National Institutes of Health launched an artificial intelligence tool called Linked Discoveries to help researchers better understand how individual research findings connect to broader biomedical evidence, currently linking over 29 million publications.
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