Perhaps most importantly, though, Team Type 1 raised international awareness about an NCD that has been flying under the radar for far too long.

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This past November, in honor of World Diabetes Day, a team of six professional diabetic cyclists from the United States, called Team Type 1, traversed the Rwandan countryside for nine days to draw attention to the disease.

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Hahnenberg's Type 1 incident response team -- the most advanced and capable available for a wildfire -- began working the Colorado fire Sunday night, according to Larimer County authorities.

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The team established that a virus called OsHV-1 (Oyster Herpesvirus type 1) was killing young oysters, helped by unfavourable weather conditions that weakened the molluscs.

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