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This common mosquito-borne virus can be deadly — and researchers don’t know enough about it

La Crosse virus is carried and transmitted primarily by the eastern tree-hole mosquito, Aedes triseriatus, and the infection can be deadly in some cases.

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La Crosse virus is the second-most common virus in the US spread by mosquitoes – and can cause severe neurological damage in rare cases

For the Laudick family of Greensburg, Indiana, life forever changed on Aug. 5, 2013. That was the day 4-year-old Leah Laudick told her mom, Shelly, that she had a bad headache.

The Conversation

GOP official tells Tennessee colleges to say Title IX doesn’t protect LGBTQ+ people

Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation violates federal law, Department of Educations says

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Black girls are 4.19 times more likely to get suspended than white girls – and hiring more teachers of color is only part of the solution

Andrea Joseph-McCatty is an assistant professor at the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. Her research examines disproportional school suspensions and, in particular, the ways in which inequity impacts the experiences of students of color. Below are highlights from an interview with The Conversation. Answers have been…

The Conversation

105.5 mph: Angels draft pick Ben Joyce is hardest thrower in college baseball history

Ben Joyce, the right-handed fireballer from the University of Tennessee, went viral two months ago for throwing a pitch clocked at 105.5 mph during a game against Auburn.

Los Angeles Times

Former Chiefs S Eric Berry had support of Inky Johnson during his battle with cancer

Motivational speaker Inky Johnson shed light on his friendship with former #Chiefs S Eric Berry, whom he helped through his cancer diagnosis. | from @EdEastonJr

USA Today Sports Media Group

On 50th anniversary of Title IX, Sky reflect on past experiences and what’s needed for future generations

The most common thread in all of the Sky’s stories is the belief that each generation of women will experience better than the last. That belief comes with an understanding that the generation before each of their own experienced worse.

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What is chronic wasting disease? A wildlife scientist explains the fatal prion infection killing deer and elk across North America

Chronic wasting disease, a deadly neurological infectious disease that affects deer, elk and moose, is spreading across North America. Most recently detected in North Carolina in March 2022, CWD has been confirmed in 30 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces, as well as Norway, Finland, Sweden and South Korea. Dr.…

The Conversation

Black women have much at stake in states where abortion access may vanish

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — “Adulting” was not going great for Tia Freeman. She had lost her scholarship at the University of Tennessee and enlisted in the Air Force. As she finished training to be an analyst, she got pregnant despite being on birth control.

Tribune News Service

Knoxville offers much to see and hear, but now even more to taste

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — From high atop the Sunsphere, Knoxville’s architectural wonder that was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, I dizzyingly walk around the circular observation deck of the hexagonal tower, taking in the 360-degree view without getting too close to the reflective glass panes that enclose the disco…

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