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Article: Animals warn of human health hazards in new "Canary Database".
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- August 11, 2005
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M2 PRESSWIRE-11 August 2005-YALE UNIVERSITY: Animals warn of human health hazards in new "Canary Database"(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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New Haven, Conn. -- Yale School of Medicine has launched a state-of-the-art database funded in part by the National Library of Medicine, called the Canary Database, containing scientific evidence about how animal disease events can be an early warning system for emerging human diseases.
There have long been reports of animals succumbing to environmental hazards before humans show signs of illness, according to the project's leader, Peter Rabinowitz, M.D., associate professor of medicine in ...