By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The bird flu virus strain that infected a Texas dairy farm worker in March was lethal to ferrets in experiments designed to mimic the disease in humans, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Friday. Seasonal flu, by contrast, makes ferrets sick but does not kill […]
The word “venery” has two unrelated definitions and usages. According to the Collins dictionary, the most recent (if you can call the late 15th century “recent”) is rooted in the Latin veneria, referring to the goddess of love, Venus. Specifically, Collins describes venery as “the pursuit of sexual gratification.” The second definition, first encountered some 200 years earlier, […]