Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
We must better protect wildlife to prevent future pandemics
Understanding animal disease is essential if we want to prevent future pandemics, writes Keith Hamilton.
Mar 22, 2021
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News tagged with zoonotic diseases
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Climate influences the spread of a life-threatening zoonotic disease in the Amazon
Outbreaks of polycystic echicnococcosis, a life-threatening zoonotic disease, are driven by regional climate changes, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported ...
Aug 7, 2023
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Animal virologists explain how to find the coronavirus in animals and why humans need to worry
In April 2020, tigers and lions at the Bronx Zoo made the news when they came down with COVID-19. In the months following these surprising diagnoses, researchers and veterinarians found SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, ...
Feb 17, 2022
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Medical economics
Powerful financial giants could play vital role in preventing the next pandemic, say researchers
Many emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, especially zoonotic diseases such as Ebola or new coronaviruses, emerge as the result of intensified human activities such as deforestation, expansion of agricultural land, ...
Dec 4, 2023
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COVID-19 a reminder of zoonotic diseases at home
With genetic analysis suggesting COVID-19 originated in animals before it spread to humans, a UNSW Sydney virologist says now is a good time to bear in mind zoonotic diseases are closer to home than people might think.
Aug 18, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Preventing future pandemics starts with recognizing links between human and animal health
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that zoonotic diseases—infections that pass from animals to humans—can present tremendous threats to global health. More than 70% of emerging and reemerging pathogens originate from ...
Nov 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Shut down 'risky' meat markets to stop disease
Markets selling 'high risk' meat such as bats, primates and rodents should be closed to stop future pandemics.
Jun 19, 2020
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Biologists discover new rodent-based virus
Biologists at the University of Arkansas have discovered a new virus that belongs to a family of viruses that transfers from rodents to humans, some of which cause a fatal cardiopulmonary disease. The study was published ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Biological characteristics, biosafety prevention and control strategies for the 2022 outbreak of monkeypox
Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is a potential biological warfare agent of bioterrorism and poses the greatest threat to the world's public biosafety and health after variola virus ...
Jan 9, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Report finds rising trend of viruses jumping from animal hosts to humans
The world is seeing a rise in diseases caused by viruses that have jumped from animal hosts to the human population, with COVID-19 just one example, a group of experts said in a report released on Monday.
Jul 7, 2020
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