Wisconsin Citizens for Science on Nostr: In the "everything is connected" department. When "white nose" disease takes out ...

In the "everything is connected" department. When "white nose" disease takes out large swaths of bat populations, communities experience higher rates of (human) infant mortality. Loss of bats connected to rise in human infant mortality. https://www.science.org/content/article/my-jaw-dropped-bat-loss-linked-death-human-infants #ecology #Epidemiology #diseaseecology #publichealth