The Times-Tribune: White-nose syndrome spreading across the United States


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As researchers scramble to unlock the mysteries surrounding a deadly condition affecting bats, the disease continues its march into the interior of the United States. White nose syndrome, originally found in caves in New York and New Jersey during the winter of 2006-2007, is now found in two Canadian provinces and about a dozen states spanning from New Hampshire south to Tennessee. Last week, the Missouri Department of Conservation announced it found the disease in a bat in that state.


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