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Invasive brown widow spiders were found to harbor new bacteria related to chlamydia

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A mature male brown spider (Latrodectus geometricus). Credit: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Invasive brown widow spiders on three continents were heavily infected with a single strain of Rhabdochlamydia, a bacterium related to major human and animal pathogens, including chlamydia. However, a bite from these spiders will not infect humans with chlamydia. Until now, Rhabdochlamydia … Read more

Brown, Wyden, Baldwin, Fetterman urge Synapse owners and partners to make customer deposits available immediately

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, along with Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and John Fetterman (D-PA) is calling on Synapse’s owners and banking and fintech partners to restore customers’ access to their money. Since mid-May, customers who entrusted their … Read more