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French scientists have revived a 48,500-year-old <keyword id="15655645" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="zombie-virus-buried-under-a-frozen-lake" source="Orion">zombie virus buried under a frozen lake</keyword> in Russia until now! According to New York Post, French scientists have sparked fears of yet another pandemic after reviving the "<keyword id="14706038" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="zombie-virus" source="Orion">zombie virus</keyword>". New York Post is a daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. New York Post has quoted a viral study which is yet to be peer-reviewed. "The situation would be much more disastrous in the case of plant, animal, or human diseases caused by the revival of an ancient unknown virus," reads the "viral" study. According to the preliminary report, global warming is irrevocably thawing enormous swathes of permafrost -- permanently frozen ground that covers one-quarter of the Northern Hemisphere. This has had the unsettling effect of "releasing organic materials frozen for up to a million years" - possibly deadly germs included. "Part of this organic matter also consists of revived cellular microbes (prokaryotes, unicellular eukaryotes) as well as viruses that remained dormant since prehistorical times," the researchers write. According to the New York Post, scientists have, perhaps strangely, revived some of these so-called "zombie viruses" from the Siberian permafrost in order to investigate the awakening critters. The oldest, Pandoravirus yedoma, was 48,500 years old, a record age for a frozen virus returning to a form where it may infect other creatures. This breaks the previous record of a 30,000-year-old virus identified in Siberia by the same scientists in 2013. The new strain is one of 13 viruses described in the study, each with its own genome, according to Science Alert. While the Pandoravirus was discovered at the bottom of a lake in Yukechi Alas, Yakutia, Russia, others have been discovered everywhere from mammoth fur to Siberian wolf intestines. Scientists discovered that all of the "zombie viruses" have the potential to be infectious and hence pose a "health danger" after researching the live cultures. They believe that COVID-19-style pandemics will become more common in the future as melting permafrost releases long-dormant viruses like a microbial Captain America, as per New York Post. "It is therefore legitimate to ponder the risk of ancient viral particles remaining infectious and getting back into circulation by the thawing of ancient permafrost layers," they write. Unfortunately, it's a vicious cycle as organic matter released by the thawing ice decomposes into carbon dioxide and methane, further enhancing the greenhouse effect and accelerating the melt. New York Post reports that the newly thawed virus might only be the tip of the epidemiological iceberg as there are likely more hibernating viruses yet to be discovered. More research is needed to assess the level of infectiousness of these unknown viruses when exposed to light, heat, oxygen, and other outside environmental variables. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/us-weekly-flu-hospitalisations-hit-record-high-since-2010/articleshow/95851463.cms" style="">US weekly flu hospitalisations hit record high since 2010</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/skyroot-aerospace-plans-to-launch-another-rocket-vikram-1-in-one-year/articleshow/95850320.cms" style="">Skyroot Aerospace plans to launch another rocket Vikram-1, in one year</a>

Scientists revive 48,500-year-old zombie virus buried under a frozen lake in Russia

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A roundworm thawed from 46,000-year-old permafrost recently started having babies.</li><li>Scientists have previously revived ancient bacteria and prehistoric viruses that had been trapped.</li></ul>Scientists recently <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/forty-six-thousand-year-old-worm-found-siberian-permafrost-brought-back-to-life-2023-7">revived</a> a microscopic roundworm from 46,000-year-old Siberian permafrost that was so well preserved, it started having babies. But this isn't the first time "zombie" creatures in ice have been brought back from the dead. Scientists have a long record of resurrecting prehistoric viruses and ancient bacteria frozen in ice. However, as the climate crisis is melting ancient ice sheets worldwide, experts are growing concerned that prehistoric viruses could pose a risk to humanity. <h2>Prehistoric viruses in permafrost</h2><div type="image" title="Two men wearing winter gear look at an ice core in a mobile laboratory." height="1000" width="2000" msid="102284844" hostid="261" sizebytes="97170"></div>In March, French professor Jean-Michel Claverie found strains of 48,000-year-old frozen viruses in the Siberian permafrost. Permafrost is a layer of soil that's frozen all year round and covers about 15% of the planet. The virus, he found, was able to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-revived-frozen-zombie-virus-48000-years-infects-other-cells-2023-3">infect</a> single-cell organisms called amoebas.As Insider previously <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-revived-frozen-zombie-virus-48000-years-infects-other-cells-2023-3">reported</a>, the chance of it infecting animals and humans was unclear, but the researchers said at the time that permafrost viruses should be considered a public health threat.Other research has found 28 prehistoric viruses dating back <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/28-prehistoric-viruses-unknown-science-glacier-ice-guliya-2021-8">15,000 years</a> in frozen ice cores. Fifteen of these were unknown to science. The scientists said the findings could teach us about the effects of the climate crisis on viruses. "We know very little about viruses and microbes in these extreme environments," said Lonnie Thompson, an author of the study and scientist at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, at the time."How do bacteria and viruses respond to climate change? What happens when we go from an ice age to a warm period like we're in now?" he said.<h2>Nematodes — 46,000 years old and 24,000 years old</h2>Nematodes are parasites that usually live inside a host. Recent reports have found that a roundworm, a type of nematode, started making babies after an estimated 46,000 years frozen in permafrost (nematodes reproduce by parthenogenesis, meaning they don't need a partner to spread). But it's not the first time this has been seen. Previous research has found a rotifer, another type of nematode, was uncovered from Siberian permafrost after an estimated <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/animal-revived-after-24000-years-in-ice-could-reproduce-2021-6#:~:text=Russian%20scientists%20have%20been%20able,seen%20in%20the%20video%20below.">24,000 years</a> caught in the ice. It was also able to reproduce, and happily ate when fed. <div type="image" title="rotifer" height="450" width="600" msid="102284846" hostid="261" sizebytes="8500"></div><h2>A bacteria that may have been 8 million years old </h2>Bacteria have also been pulled from ancient ice in the past — and in some cases, it's thought they were able to keep thriving after millions of years underground. Scientists <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12433-eight-million-year-old-bug-is-alive-and-growing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in the 2000s</a> found a bacterium in ice taken from Antarctica. The tiny bug, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7567650/#:~:text=Few%20pockets%20of%2034%2Dmillion,known%20living%20organisms%20on%20earth." target="_blank" rel="noopener">called Arthrobacter roseus</a>, was able to split and multiply in the lab, even though it was thought to have been taken from 8-million-year-old ice. <h2>We need to know more about ancient frozen bugs</h2>It's important to take the findings listed above with a pinch of salt.It's very difficult to keep samples pristine when extracting ancient ice, and even more difficult to conclusively date the ice. So it can be challenging to be certain that the bugs are not modern microbes dropped on the ice accidentally by the scientists themselves. Still, these findings are crucial as we're seeing more of the world's ice <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melting-glaciers-ice-sheets-sea-level-rise-climate-disaster-2022-12">disappearing</a> in the changing climate, which could uncover more of these bugs frozen in time. It's not clear how the human body could react to these bugs, because we may never have encountered them. "You must remember our immune defense has been developed in close contact with microbiological surroundings," Birgitta Evengård, emeritus microbiology professor from the Umea University, told CNN, Insider previously reported."If there is a virus hidden in the permafrost that we have not been in contact with for thousands of years, it might be that our immune defense is not sufficient," she added.It's not just ancient bugs that have scientists worried. It's possible that bugs we've eradicated or kept under control could resurface from the melting ice. For instance, scientists were puzzled when one child died and 20 more got sick from <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8264129/#:~:text=The%20Yamal%20Peninsula%20in%20the,fatality%20rate%20of%2088.67%25)." target="_blank" rel="noopener">anthrax</a> in Russia in 2016, although there hadn't been an outbreak in 70 years. They <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8463397/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">believe</a> this was caused by a bug that was lurking in permafrost and that had been released in a heat wave.

Scientists have revived 'zombie' bugs and viruses before that were trapped in ancient ice. One may have been 8 million years old.

<div class="KonaFilter image-container full"><div class="image">Business Insider/ Mike Nudelman</div></div>Russians are reporting that their pigeons are acting strangely - ignoring humans and vehicles approaching them, according the <a href="http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/500166/20130820/russia-infection-zombie-pigeons-avian-flu-epidemic.htm#.UhOeKrx4P-n" target="_blank">International Business Times</a>. Because of their strange behavior, residents have taken to calling the <keyword id="48643" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="birds">birds</keyword> "zombie pigeons."
Don't be too worried, though, the reports of these Zombie Pigeons are mixed and totally contradictory - some people are calling it a sign of <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&amp;tl=en&amp;js=n&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Flifenews.ru%2Fnews%2F117912&amp;act=url" target="_blank">the coming apocalypse</a>, others saying that this is a common, yearly occurrence.
Still, residents have been posting images and stories of the dead birds on social media.
"When I walk to work, I usually see pigeons running and jumping around. But recently, they haven't been reacting to anything at all," a <keyword id="6356806" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Moscow">Moscow</keyword> resident named Umid <a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-moscow-zombie-pigeons-deaths/25075473.html" target="_blank">told Radio free Europe Radio Liberty</a>. "When a person walks past them, they used to fly away. But now they just sit there in a kind of funk and don't even pay attention to you. They're just not normal. I've seen some pigeons behaving very strangely, turning around in circles."
Officals say the birds are infected with some kind of a parasite that makes them essentially "the pecking dead" of the bird world. Bird scientists say this kind of thing happens every year, after mating season, and is widespread through the world.
A statement from the Moscow deputy mayor for social issues, Leonid Pechatnikov, <a href="http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/500166/20130820/russia-infection-zombie-pigeons-avian-flu-epidemic.htm#.UhOeKrx4P-n" target="_blank">quoted by International Business Times</a>, said all the <keyword id="6371668" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="animals">animals</keyword> inspected had the same common intestinal infection, which isn't dangerous to humans.
But, the Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection Service suggested that the birds erratic behavior was caused by Newcastle Disease, a contagious bird disease that humans can catch.
Another group, the Veterinary Committee, suggested salmonella poisoning because of lesions in the intestines and livers of dead birds, a characteristic symptom of salmonella.
No matter what the cause, all humans should stay away from the sick pigeons, and call local authorities for proper disposal if they find the body of a bird.
If the pigeons are infected with Newcastle disease, it could be very dangerous to come in contact with one. The disease is caused by a <keyword id="10860" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Virus">virus</keyword> that can also infect humans, causing eye infections and flu-like symptoms. It's not fatal. Humans can also get salmonella from the birds.

ZOMBIE PIGEONS IN MOSCOW

<div class="image-container full" style="width:800px"><div class="image">Business Insider/ Mike Nudelman</div></div>Russians are reporting that their pigeons are acting strangely — ignoring humans and vehicles approaching them, according the <a href="http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/500166/20130820/russia-infection-zombie-pigeons-avian-flu-epidemic.htm#.UhOeKrx4P-n" target="_blank">International Business Times</a>. Because of their strange behavior, residents have taken to calling the <keyword id="48643" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="birds">birds</keyword> "zombie pigeons."
Don't be too worried, though, the reports of these Zombie Pigeons are mixed and totally contradictory — some people are calling it a sign of <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&amp;tl=en&amp;js=n&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Flifenews.ru%2Fnews%2F117912&amp;act=url" target="_blank">the coming apocalypse</a>, others saying that this is a common, yearly occurrence.
Still, residents have been posting images and stories of the dead birds on social media.
"When I walk to work, I usually see pigeons running and jumping around. But recently, they haven't been reacting to anything at all," a <keyword id="6356806" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Moscow">Moscow</keyword> resident named Umid <a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-moscow-zombie-pigeons-deaths/25075473.html" target="_blank">told Radio free Europe Radio Liberty</a>. "When a person walks past them, they used to fly away. But now they just sit there in a kind of funk and don't even pay attention to you. They're just not normal. I've seen some pigeons behaving very strangely, turning around in circles."
Officals say the birds are infected with some kind of a parasite that makes them essentially "the pecking dead" of the bird world. Bird scientists say this kind of thing happens every year, after mating season, and is widespread through the world.
A statement from the Moscow deputy mayor for social issues, Leonid Pechatnikov, <a href="http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/500166/20130820/russia-infection-zombie-pigeons-avian-flu-epidemic.htm#.UhOeKrx4P-n" target="_blank">quoted by International Business Times</a>, said all the <keyword id="6371668" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="animals">animals</keyword> inspected had the same common intestinal infection, which isn't dangerous to humans.
But, the Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection Service suggested that the birds erratic behavior was caused by Newcastle Disease, a contagious bird disease that humans can catch.
Another group, the Veterinary Committee, suggested salmonella poisoning because of lesions in the intestines and livers of dead birds, a characteristic symptom of salmonella.
No matter what the cause, all humans should stay away from the sick pigeons, and call local authorities for proper disposal if they find the body of a bird.
If the pigeons are infected with Newcastle disease, it could be very dangerous to come in contact with one. The disease is caused by a <keyword id="10860" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Virus">virus</keyword> that can also infect humans, causing eye infections and flu-like symptoms. It's not fatal. Humans can also get salmonella from the birds.

More boys than girls with cancer in <keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword> are being diagnosed with the disease and the probable cause for this is gender bias in society, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology. The researchers collected individual data of children aged 0-19 years with cancer extracted from the hospital-based records of three cancer centres in India between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2019. They also used data from two population-based cancer registries: PBCRs in <keyword id="66" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="delhi" source="Orion">Delhi</keyword> between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2014 and Madras Metropolitan Tumour Registry between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2017. The researchers from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and Cancer Institute (WIA) Chennai calculated the male to female sex ratio from the three hospitals in the context of the ratio in the corresponding PBCRs. This ratio allowed them to see how many boys with cancer were seeking treatment for each girl seeking treatment. The team separately analysed the male to female ratios of patients undergoing stem cell transplant which is a comparatively expensive procedure used in cancer care. "We observed that among nearly 11,000 patients registered in the PBCRs, there was significant skew in favour of boys for getting diagnosed with cancer. Similarly, among the 22,000 children with cancer enrolled in the three hospitals, we saw that more boys were seeking treatment than girls," said Professor <keyword id="15658843" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="sameer-bakhshi" source="Orion">Sameer Bakhshi</keyword>, from Department of Medical Oncology, <keyword id="40458" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="aiims" source="Orion">AIIMS</keyword> New Delhi. "However, when we looked at sex ratios among patients seeking cancer care in the context of sex ratios at diagnosis, the skew in sex ratios was no longer apparent. This tells us that the bias towards boys originates at the community level. Once children are brought forward and diagnosed, there is no further gender bias in seeking treatment," Bakhsh, the corresponding author of the study, told PTI. The researchers noted that lesser girls were seeking treatment in hospitals in centres in Northern India as compared to Southern India. The disparity between the genders was more for patients coming from rural as compared to urban areas. This may have to do variations in social fabric in different parts of the country, they said. The study also found that lesser number of girls were coming to the hospital if the distance of the centre from their home was over 100 kilometers, signifying that if costs related to treatment increase, the bias would likely increase. The researchers observed that the male to female ratios in Delhi have been improving over the last 15 years. "The study clearly shows that more boys with cancer are being diagnosed than girls and the probable cause for this is gender bias in society," <keyword id="321831" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="bakhshi" source="Orion">Bakhshi</keyword> said. "Symptomatic girls might not be brought forward for evaluation and diagnosis, leading to fewer cancer diagnoses in girls. The nature of societal mind set affects this bias since we see that societies that are more patriarchal (like that in North of India) show a greater bias," he explained. Sex ratios are also affected by the cost of treatment. The researchers saw that less girls seek cancer care in situations where out-of-pocket expenditures are higher such as when obtaining care from private hospitals or residing far from the treatment Centre. This implies that the gender bias observed is an interplay of multiple social and economic factors. The researchers noted that the first step in solving any problem is to first recognise it, which this study does. To overcome the bias, joint efforts are needed towards bringing about a change in the mindset of the population as well as decreasing the cost of treatment borne by patients, especially for girl children. "We will have to use education as a tool to do away with the patriarchal mind set of society. From our data, we believe that if free treatment is provided for cancer to girl children, it will help in reducing the sex disparity in seeking care for cancer," Bakhshi added. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/scientists-revive-48500-year-old-zombie-virus-buried-under-a-frozen-lake-in-russia/articleshow/95872037.cms">Scientists revive 48,500-year-old zombie virus buried under a frozen lake in Russia</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/government-lifts-ban-on-organic-non-basmati-rice-exports/articleshow/95872255.cms">Government lifts ban on organic non-basmati rice exports</a>

More boys with cancer being diagnosed than girls in India: Lancet study

<ul class="summary-list"><li>One hundred and ninety-five Americans have been quarantined at March Air Reserve base in Riverside, California, since they arrived from Wuhan on January 29.</li><li>Some of them <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/quarantined-on-military-bases-us-evacuees-resort-to-zumba-stairwell-races-accounting-classes/2020/02/06/359d9df6-490e-11ea-bdbf-1dfb23249293_story.html">described to The Washington Post</a> how they are biding their time: running, learning how to box and Zumba, and even getting crash courses on how to file their taxes.</li><li>One evacuee on the Air Force base told The Post: "When people hear quarantine, they think of the zombie apocalypse ... But the reality is it's what you make of it."</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>The dozens of Americans quarantined at a US Air Force base in California over the coronavirus have described taking boxing, Zumba, and even accounting classes as ways to pass the time, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/quarantined-on-military-bases-us-evacuees-resort-to-zumba-stairwell-races-accounting-classes/2020/02/06/359d9df6-490e-11ea-bdbf-1dfb23249293_story.html">The Washington Post reported</a>.The 195 US citizens were taken from Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus broke out, and flown to March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-passengers-evacuated-wuhan-china-no-coronavirus-2020-1">on January 29</a>. They are under a mandatory 14-day quarantine, meaning they would be released on February 12.They are not allowed to leave the base and have been subjected to frequent medical tests for symptoms of the deadly coronavirus. So they are turning to their own sources of entertainment.Here's what they have been up to, according to The Post:<ul><li>A boxing enthusiast is teaching boxing classes.</li><li>Another workout fan is teaching Zumba classes</li><li>An accountant is leading a seminar on how to prepare their income taxes - <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/when-are-taxes-due-tax-filing-deadline">just in time for Tax Day</a>.</li><li>A theme-park designer is planning classes for kids on how to doodle on the sidewalk.</li><li>Jarred Evans, a professional football player who moved to Wuhan, has been running through every part of the air base to keep fit. (You can also <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-evacuation-flight-videos-passenger-2020-1">watch his videos of Wuhan under quarantine and his evacuation flight here</a>.)</li></ul>"When people hear quarantine, they think of the zombie apocalypse, movies like 'World War Z,'" Matthew McCoy, the theme-park designer on the base, told The Post. "But the reality is it's what you make of it."The 195 people at March Air Reserve base are a fraction of the total number of Americans the State Department is flying out of Wuhan to take back home.Two more planes arrived at Travis Air Force Base and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/350-evacuees-wuhan-coronavirus-epicenter-arrive-at-us-military-bases-2020-2">carrying 350 passengers</a> on Wednesday, and more are expected.All of them are subject to a 14-day mandatory quarantine, and the Department of Defense has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pentagon-approves-more-military-bases-for-wuhan-coronavirus-quarantine-efforts-2020-2">set aside six military bases</a> in California, Texas, and Nebraska for the lockdown.Americans flown out of Wuhan have also given harrowing descriptions of some parts of the evacuation and quarantine, like being flown in cargo planes with flight crew wearing full hazmat suits, being told to stay six feet away from one another at all times, and not being able to eat for hours on end, The Post reported.Another woman and her 15-year-old daughter, who are observant Orthodox Jews, also said they couldn't eat for 40 hours because there was no kosher food available on board the cargo plane and at the March Air Reserve Base, The Post reported.Other people quarantined around the world over the coronavirus - from Russia to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/world/asia/coronavirus-quarantine-australia.html">Australia</a> to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-diamond-princess-quarantined-cruise-ship-photos-2020-2">Japan</a> to China itself - have also been documenting their lockdown.Many countries are imposing 14-day quarantines on people coming from mainland China, while the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-what-life-like-inside-quarantined-city-china-2020-2">city of Wuhan</a> and at least 15 other Chinese cities have had their transport links shut down.A group of Russians quarantined in Siberia have been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/quarantined-russians-are-capturing-their-confinement-on-social-media-2020-2">livestreaming their workouts and posting photos</a> of their food and "prisoner clothes."Chinese citizens are <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/weibo-wuhan-coronavirus-lockdown-memes-videos-photos-2020-2">making memes and sharing their innovative - but not necessarily helpful - ways</a> to shield themselves from the virus, including wearing <a href="https://twitter.com/manyapan/status/1225425296838529024">inflatable costumes</a> to minimize contact with other people.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/where-countries-quarantine-people-due-to-coronavirus-photos-2020-2">Cruise ships, detention centers, seaside resorts, and motels: Photos show how travelers are being quarantined due to the coronavirus</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-mild-pandemic-how-it-could-end-2020-2">There's a good chance the Wuhan coronavirus will never disappear, experts say. 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