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How Did a Virus From the Atlantic Infect Mammals in the Pacific?

Sea otters and seals in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Alaska, are infected with a virus that once was seen only in animals in the Atlantic.A new study suggests that melting ice in the Arctic may be to blame -- and that climate change may help spread the disease to new areas and new animals.Tracey Goldstein, a biologist at the University of California, Davis, got curious when sea otters in...