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Why are we catching more diseases from animals?

The world is grappling with the new coronavirus, which has spread from China to at least 15 other countries.

Outbreaks of new infectious diseases are typically seen as a "one off".

But the new virus - thought to have stemmed from wildlife - highlights our risk from animal-borne disease. This is likely to be more of a problem in future as climate change and globalisation alter the way animals and humans interact.

How can animals make people ill?
In the past 50 years, a host of infectious diseases have spread rapidly after making the evolutionary jump from animals to humans.

The HIV/Aids crisis of the 1980s originated from great apes, the 2004-07 avian flu pandemic came from birds, and pigs gave us the swine flu pandemic in 2009. More recently, it was discovered severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) came from bats, via civets, while bats also gave us Ebola.

Humans have always caught diseases from animals. In fact, most new infectious diseases come from wildlife.

Why are we catching more diseases from animals

Some pet owners are advocating against rabies vaccines

Hundreds of baby emperor penguins stranded on breakaway iceberg miraculously survive

Tags: Animals, Backlash, Choices, Contagion, Death, Demands, Development, Disease, Drugs, Environment, Etiquette, Health, Hostility, Injury, Lifestyle, Medical, Nature, Neglect, Neighbor, Outbreak, Overpopulation, Pets, Politics, Priorities, Safety, Science, Survival, Threat, Treatment, Virus, Warning

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28-Sep-2024

Everyone Really Hates Anti-Vaxxers and Keto

Okay, everybody, the Worst Wellness Trend of the 2010s Tournament has officially drawn to a close, with anti-vaxxing claiming the number one slot once and for all. To be honest, we're not totally surprised. Parents who choose not to vaccinate their kids are, after all, notorious for lifting rhetoric from the reproductive rights movement and pretty much completely responsible for the revival of once-dead diseases like measles. Wellness rocks!

Everyone Really Hates Anti-Vaxxers and Keto

The Crime of Gay Sex

Tags: Contagion, Diet, Disease, Gay, Hate, LGBTQ, Lifestyle, List, Men, Mental Health, Politics, Reckless, Safety, Sex, Treatment, Virus, Warning, World

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16-Sep-2024

‘They’re everywhere’

Rattlesnakes are thriving here, according to a recent joint Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and University of Michigan study, which reveals that the seven species of rattlesnakes found in California are among the fastest growing animal population in state.

‘They’re everywhere’

States with the most gun violence share one trait

Sheep sentenced to 3 years in prison for killing a woman

Fish off the coast of Florida are testing positive for ANTIDEPRESSANTS

Nine-year-old wakes up from coma after being brutally attacked by a cougar

Sloth bear kills and eats couple

Child Stabbed In The Chest By A Catfish

San Diego Humane Society to Quarantine Animals

Bear pops beach ball, leading to an ‘attack’

465 people have gotten sick after interacting with pet poultry

Tags: Animals, Arrest, Attack, Children, Contagion, Disease, Drugs, Environment, Food, Guns, Health, Hunting Season, Injury, Interference, Murder, No Saving The Environment, Nobody Cares, Parental Burden, Pets, Punishment, Quarantine, Safety, Science, Supremacy, Survival, Threat, Toxic, Violence, Virus, Warning, Weapon, Wildlife, World

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28-Jun-2022

Massachusetts Man Reportedly in a Coma After Contracting Brain Infection From a Mosquito

A rare, sometimes fatal viral infection spread by mosquitoes has resurfaced in Massachusetts—and has likely sent at least one man into a coma. Over the weekend, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported that a local resident contracted the Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus. Dozens of communities remain at critical or high risk for the virus, and residents are being advised to stay indoors at night.

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