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Bats Mistakenly Accused in Search for Ebola Origin Merlin Tuttle 12/26/2021 For more than a decade, virologists have speculated that […]

3/16/21By Merlin D. Tuttle Early evidence pointed to great apes1 and humans2 as possible sources of Ebola, but they were assumed to […]

By Merlin Tuttle 5/15/18 I share Benoit Nyemba and Fiston Mahamba’s concern regarding a potential resurgence of Ebola in […]

By Merlin Tuttle 6/7/17 Virologists are still doggedly pursuing the search for an Ebola reservoir in bats, as reported in […]

Response to Smithsonian story, “Can Saving Animals Prevent the Next Deadly Pandemic?” Merlin Tuttle 5/9/17 Lorraine Boissoneault’s story, Can […]

Following years of headline speculation reporting bats to be the reservoir for Ebola, a review of current knowledge points elsewhere. […]

In Merlin Tuttle’s blogged report titled, Ebola: Bats Prematurely Blamed, released on January 15, 2016, he summarized available knowledge of […]

Ebola: Bats Prematurely Blamed By Merlin Tuttle 1/14/16 If public health concerns were based on actual threats to human mortality, […]

12/28/2021 By Merlin Tuttle The series Curious Kids, hosted by The Conversation, is designed to provide expert answers to questions […]

9-20-21Merlin Tuttle I had mixed feelings while watching the September 15, 2021 airing of PBS’ NOVA program, Bat Superpowers: Could the […]