Covid-19, like other major epidemics, is not unrelated to the biodiversity and climate crisis we are experiencing.
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There are telling parallels between the current pandemic and those that decimated indigenous populations in the post-Columbian era in the Amazon.
There aren’t enough international and domestic laws to address how the interests of humans and the needs of wildlife overlap.
According to Google Trends, the top globally trending topic this week is ‘orthohantavirus’, as spurious sites claim it’s next pandemic on the horizon. The claim is baseless.
Could the 1889-1890 pandemic have been the result of cow coronaviruses jumping to humans?
Social media has allowed researchers around the world to collaborate and co-ordinate their efforts to fight the outbreak and contain its spread.
Two coronaviruses were identified in the 1960s, and five since SARS in 2003. It is the seventh that is now making headlines.
Leptospirosis is spread by rats and other rodents, potentially killing dogs and humans. But we can protect ourselves and our pets.
It doesn’t just seem like the world is experiencing more viral infections than before – it’s a reality. And the way humans live today helps viruses thrive.
Travel allows us to see the world – and bring foreign diseases home. Here’s why spreading disease is easier than ever.
A stomach-churning viral video of an Oregon woman who describes removing cattle eyeworms from her eye has renewed interest in parasites that jump from animals to humans. Here’s all you need to know.
Pets give us a lot of joy … and sometimes a few diseases.
We need balanced media reporting about bat-borne diseases to help avoid vilification of Australia’s under-appreciated creatures of the night.
A parasite found in coyotes, wolves and foxes is now spreading to dogs and their owners as its range expands across Canada.
A plague outbreak in Madagascar has killed 170 people. Here’s what you need to know about treatment options and chances it will spread.
By tackling local threats and controlling existing diseases, countries are able to build the capacity needed to deal with future emerging disease threats.
Twelve thousand years ago everybody lived as hunters and gatherers. But by 5,000 years ago most people lived as farmers. This brief period marked the biggest shift ever in human history with unparalleled…
Tularemia is an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans. While it can be fatal, it is rare in Australia and can be treated with antibiotics.
Slaughterhouses are an essential step in meat production. Hygiene standards need to be maintained to prevent the spread of diseases.
Studies of animal-human interactions in various settings could perhaps help prevent bird flu and the mass slaughter of animals it inevitably leads to.
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
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Directeur régional Asie du Sud-Est, vétérinaire et épidémiologiste, Cirad
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Anthropologie, EHESS, CNRS, Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale, Collège de France, Auteurs historiques The Conversation France
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Professor of Bioethics & Medicine, Sydney Health Ethics, Haematologist/BMT Physician, Royal North Shore Hospital and Director, Praxis Australia, University of Sydney
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Veterinarian epidemiologist, Cirad
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Catedrático de Microbiología. Miembro de la Sociedad Española de Microbiología., Universidad de Salamanca
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Director, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University
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Lawyer, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow in Wildlife Disease Ecology, Griffith University
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Professor of Veterinary Infectious Diseases, University of Liverpool and International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya, University of Liverpool
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Dean Faculty of Natural Sciences and Professor, Stellenbosch University
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Deputy head of ASTRE research unit, epidemiologist, Cirad
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(Formerly) Senior Research Specialist, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor in Animal Ecology, Western Sydney University
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
