Video: Slowing deforestation is the key to preventing the next pandemic – but what does that cost?
A new study estimates that $22 billion to $30 billion dollars per year needs to be spent to maintain forests and reduce the likelihood of a pathogen jumping from wildlife to humans.
Les Kaufman, Professor of Biology, Boston University, Boston University •
conversation
July 27, 2020 • ~9 min
July 27, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: coronavirus pandemic ecology environmental deforestation zoonoses forest-management
How deforestation helps deadly viruses jump from animals to humans
Yellow fever, malaria and Ebola all spilled over from animals to humans at the edges of tropical forests. The new coronavirus is the latest zoonosis.
Maria Anice Mureb Sallum, Professor of Epidemiology, Universidade de São Paulo •
conversation
June 25, 2020 • ~11 min
June 25, 2020 • ~11 min
Tags: health climate covid-19 coronavirus ebola pandemic malaria forests disease epidemics wildlife deforestation bats wildlife-trade monkeys mosquitoes yellow-fever zoonoses vectors carrying-capacity
A massive public health effort eradicated smallpox but scientists are still studying the deadly virus
The smallpox virus appears to have been with humanity for millennia before a global vaccination drive wiped it out. Current genome research suggests how smallpox spread and where it came from.
Patricia L. Foster, Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University •
conversation
June 24, 2020 • ~12 min
June 24, 2020 • ~12 min
Tags: genome coronavirus genome-sequencing pandemic sars-cov-2 vaccination viruses world-health-organization-who viral-evolution smallpox zoonoses virulence cowpox smallpox-eradication disease-eradication zoonosis viral-dna
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