http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/13/mta-using-the-subway-to-t_n_848578.html

And see Rat 'Epidemic' Could Invade New York City This Summer

The MTA uses subway cars to transport piles of leaking, rat-filled garbage on certain nights ( Read more... )

The country seems to be turning into a mammalian version of Jurassic Park.

FoxNews.com - No Oink About It, Feral Pig Problem SpreadingWar is being waged right now across the country -- against huge, ever-growing packs of feral pigs that are running rampant, destroying crops, killing wildlife and spreading disease everywhere they go, the U.S. ( Read more... )

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http://www.newsmaxhealth.com/health_stories/new_superbug_set_to_invad/2010/08/12/341027.html?s=al&promo_code=A7E8-1

Even worse, bacteria and viruses happily swap genes with one another all the time. ( Read more... )

A factor they forgot (?) to mention: birth-control drugs in the water supply. There's a lot of that going around any more, as well. In summary: Uh-oh . . .Read more... )

The issue addressed in the following article from the New York Times, concerning the opposition of religious fundamentalism to AIDS-related research, is an example of a mindset that assumes that its owner is automatically exempt from disaster and disease because he/she believes the correct dogma, practices the correct rituals, and is therefore ( Read more... )