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Because this information is transmitted without encryption, anyone within range can potentially read it.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Most Ebola spillover events, which is when a virus like Ebola is transmitted to humans, occur in miners working deep in caves where bats live.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

Ebola, a viral fever, is transmitted through bodily fluids, and has no known cures.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

"This is because the whale may carry diseases that can also be transmitted to humans, and there may also be a risk of explosion," as decomposition creates large volumes of gases, it said.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Units of hereditary information, encoded in DNA and packaged on chromosomes, are transmitted through sperm and egg into an embryo, and from the embryo to every living cell in an organism’s body.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee