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Denver Post reporters Parker Gabriel and Ryan McFadden analyze what has made the Broncos’ defense so good through the first four weeks of the season and what it will take for Denver to beat the Raiders for the first time since that franchise moved to Las Vegas. Can Bo Nix and the offense get it going enough to help the defense?

Why fears of human-to-human bird flu spread in Missouri are overblown The Washington PostMissouri investigates more possible human-to-human H5N1 avian flu spread cidrap.umn.eduWas Missouri’s bird flu case a one-off or something more? Quest for answers faces testing delay STATMissouri health officials should be doing more on ‘perplexing’ bird flu case, experts say Kansas City StarThe Bird-Flu President The Atlantic

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Nikola Stojkovic wasn’t about to let himself get elbowed out of the way. He’d waited too long, traveled too far. He was posted up on the proverbial lower block, if Nikola Jokic was the basket. “I wanted to position myself well,” Stojkovic explained afterward. And he had succeeded.

Rwanda’s Marburg fever deaths rise to 11 as its source is still being investigated The Associated PressRwanda to start vaccine trials for Marburg disease in a few weeks ReutersDeadly Marburg virus: scientists race to test vaccines in outbreak Nature.comMarburg in Rwanda - Level 2 - Level 2 - Practice Enhanced Precautions - Travel Health Notices | Travelers' Health CDCRwanda is dealing with its first outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease CNN

SAN JOSE – San Jose State has taken measures to ensure its women’s volleyball team remains safe from potential outside antagonists as the program finds itself in the middle of a debate over the role of transgender athletes. The team, which plays Thursday night at Colorado State, has had extra security from university police for the last several weeks, including on the road, according to SJSU spokesperson Michelle Smith McDonald. McDonald described some social media activity directed at the team and university as “unsettling”, noting that the university’s top priority is student safety. Four schools, including Wyoming Tuesday and Utah State Wednesday, have forfeited matches against the Spartans this season.