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Despite our remarkable advances in modern medicine and public health, we are still facing the persistent emergence of new…
Despite our remarkable advances in modern medicine and public health, we are still facing the persistent emergence of new…
The genetic origin of disease.
Climate change is likely to exacerbate the rapid spread of viruses and pathogens as humans encroach on the natural worldIn the…
Following COVID-19, widespread calls have been made to ban the sale and consumption of wild meat. But would this really stop…
By Charlotte Milbank, University of Cambridge and Bhaskar Vira, University of…
Climate change is driving new encounters between species, raising the risk of more diseases like COVID-19, says a new study.
Deadly human, plant and animal diseases have been sweeping the world, emerging and spreading faster than ever as we pollute…
A principios del verano de 2020 en la reserva marina de El Parque Natural de Cap de Creus, en la provincia de Girona (Catalunya)…
Researchers warn that the next major pandemic may not be too far away. In a new paper out Monday, they estimate that a pandemic…
Covid-19 hatte auch ökologische Ursachen: Klimawandel, Artenschwund und Landübernutzung. Diese Faktoren begünstigen, dass mehr…
El año 2020 será recordado inevitablemente como el del inicio de la pandemia del coronavirus, la COVID-19, el virus SARS-CoV-2…
A pneumonia of unknown cause was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on 31 December 2019 in China’s Hubei…
The New York Times – What do Covid-19, Ebola, Lyme and AIDS have in common? They jumped to humans from animals after we started…
Australia has been hit by one ecological disaster after another this year: first the devastating bushfires, then the COVID-19…
Businessman and philanthropist, André Hoffmann explores the ways COVID-19 will change our relationship to nature, and how it…
The COVID-19 pandemic has captured the attention of Canadians with an urgency and a level of grudging acceptance unlike any…
ANDRÉ HOFFMANNSource LinkBASEL – Scientists have little doubt: the destruction of nature makes humanity increasingly vulnerable…
The COVID-19 pandemic probably began with a single transmission of virus from an animal to a human. The tragic consequences…
Commentators like to point to Wuhan’s “wet markets” as the source of the pandemic, but COVID-19 is the result of a much larger…
The current pandemic caused by COV-SARS-2 is the result of the transmission of a virus from animals to humans. Today, we know…
The viruses they carry spill over into humans mostly when we encroach on their territory or drag them into ours—and bats do…
Backyard chickens may seem free and happy, but are at increased risk of contracting diseases from wild birds. Bruce Turner/Flickr…
This piece was originally published in Undark and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. In the past few months, A…
The veterinary telemedicine company VetNow is teaming up with Smithsonian scientists to detect animal disease outbreaks remotely…
Deforestation, alongside the trafficking and consumption of exotic animals all contribute to increasing the risk of spreading…
The whole world is waiting for the COVID-19 vaccine – but the future of early pandemic detection and vaccine delivery systems…
“No debemos dejar que un bosque lleno de árboles nos haga creer que todo está bien”. Esta advertencia de Kent Redford dio un…
« À la vue d’une forêt où les arbres sont abondants, gardons-nous de croire que tout va bien pour autant. » Incitant à la…
“Jangan biarkan hutan lebat membuat kita berpikir semua baik-baik saja.” Peringatan Kent Redford ini membalikkan pandangan lama…
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“We must not let a forest full of trees fool us into believing that all is well.” Kent Redford’s cautionary statement turned…
Many experts believe that this surge in new infectious diseases is being driven in part by some of humanity's most…
Social distancing is slowing the spread of COVID-19, but to avoid the emergence of ever new pathogens, humans should get their…
View the video in your browser Sprawling cities, habitat loss, and climate change are a dangerous mix. Sign up for Grist’s “Clim…
This post was updated on May 13, 2020. Likely sourced to a live animal and fish market in China, COVID-19 has spread around the…
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DESTRUCTION OF HABITAT AND LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY ARE CREATING THE PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR DISEASES LIKE COVID-19 TO…
In November 2002, a 46-year-old man from the Chinese coastal province of Guangdong developed a fever and struggled to breathe.
Mayibout 2 is not a healthy place. The 150 or so people who live in the village, which sits on the south bank of the Ivindo…
Nobody yet knows for sure the definitive origins of the newly recognized coronavirus now known as 2019-nCoV that’s currently…
Places where lots of animals come into contact can help pathogens move from species to species. Baloncici/iStock via Getty…
Six years ago, I invited readers to guess the most-cited ecology paper published in the previous 10 years. Ecology’s most-cited…
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on The Conversation and was picked up by the National Post. (Pixabay…
[caption id="attachment_194648" align="alignnone" width="768"] Chimpanzees in Uganda. The bushmeat trade is not only a threat…
Making the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) more effective 17th Mar…
If you think there are more dangerous infectious diseases than ever, you're right. One big reason: pushing animals like this…
Over the past 60 years, the number of new diseases cropping up in a decade has almost quadrupled. "We're in a hyperinfectious…
Animal agriculture leads to global warming, deforestation, and illness, which all play a role in the spread of infectious…
The unpredictable nature and novelty of zoonotic pathogens make them incredibly difficult to defend against and respond to. But…
A colorized microscopic image of a viral particle of the Ebola virus. The virus, which scientists believe originates in non-human…
[New York Times] A new flu, H7N9, has killed 36 people since it was first found in China two months ago. A new virus from the…
The inter-species transmission of viruses and other pathogens (see data below) poses a serious threat to public health, the…
Cool paper in Nature, Global trends in emerging infectious diseases. Not cool because infectious diseases are great, but I…