Coronavirus: Timeline of pandemics and other viruses that humans caught by interacting with animals
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Timeline of pandemics and other viruses that humans caught by interacting with animals

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Since the 1970s, it is estimated at least three dozen infectious diseases have emerged from human interference with animals, including Sars, Mers, Ebola, bird flu, swine flu and the Zika virus. The emergence of Mers may well be warning signals of a nascent pandemic threat.” Zoonotic diseases are complex, and it’s sometimes impossible to say a virus has disappeared, because it might have many different strains, and might mutate and lie dormant. This is a timeline of the main zoonotic diseases to have hit us since the start of the 20th century: The 1918 flu pandemic: This was the most severe pandemic in modern times, killing at least 50 million people in two years.

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Trump's failure and the next pandemic
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump's failure and the next pandemic

Raw Story  

“The political folks believed that because was going to be relegated to Democratic states, that they could blame those governors, and that would be an effective political strategy.” —Vanity Fair’s Katherine Eban quoting Jared Kushner’s team in March, 2020. And it appears that the virus that has her at death’s door is a recent mutation: “But researchers have homed in …

1st US case of bird flu in a pig raises concerns over potential human threat
2 months, 1 week ago

1st US case of bird flu in a pig raises concerns over potential human threat

The Independent  

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Biodiversity Summit: Lessons from Covid Offer a Warning for the Future
2 months, 1 week ago

Biodiversity Summit: Lessons from Covid Offer a Warning for the Future

The Hindu  

Experts and activists at the COP16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia, urge world leaders to learn the lessons from the estimated seven million lives lost to Covid and thousands more due to Ebola. They propose a biodiversity and health action plan that includes commitments to limit harmful agriculture and forestry, reduce the use of pesticides, fertilizers and other chemicals damaging …

‘Beyond reasonable doubt’ Covid pandemic originated at Wuhan market stall
3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Beyond reasonable doubt’ Covid pandemic originated at Wuhan market stall

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy It is beyond “reasonable doubt” that the Covid-19 pandemic originated in …

Dozens of viruses detected in Chinese fur farm animals
4 months ago

Dozens of viruses detected in Chinese fur farm animals

The Hindu  

Dozens of viruses have been detected mixing in animals at fur farms in China, some of which are new and have the potential to spill over into humans, researchers said on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Virologist Edward Holmes, who has led research into Covid-19, told AFP he felt that the global fur farming industry “is one most likely ways by …

Ex-CDC Director Makes Alarming Bird Flu Prediction
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Ex-CDC Director Makes Alarming Bird Flu Prediction

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former CDC Director Robert Redfield suggested that a bird flu pandemic among humans is inevitable ― and would be extremely lethal. “I really do think it’s very likely that we will, at some time ― it’s not a question of if, it’s more of a question of when ― we will have a bird flu pandemic,” Redfield …

Former director of the CDC predicts the next pandemic will be from bird flu
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Former director of the CDC predicts the next pandemic will be from bird flu

The Independent  

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World leaders to meet to discuss threat of hypothetical ‘Disease X’ in Davos
11 months, 3 weeks ago

World leaders to meet to discuss threat of hypothetical ‘Disease X’ in Davos

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It’s known by the placeholder name of Disease X, …

75% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, cautions Union Health Secretary
1 year, 2 months ago

75% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, cautions Union Health Secretary

The Hindu  

Limited knowledge and skill to identify zoonotic diseases, coupled with limited diagnostic facilities at all levels has resulted in neglect of the infectious diseases due to zoonotic pathogens cautioned Union Health Secretary, Sudhansh Pant, on October 17. Mr. Pant made his comments while delivering the keynote address at the national conclave on “Augmented Zoonotic Diseases Surveillance at Human – Wildlife …

Is THIS how the Covid pandemic began after all? Study finds strain of virus in PANGOLINS was nearly identical to the strain in humans
1 year, 3 months ago

Is THIS how the Covid pandemic began after all? Study finds strain of virus in PANGOLINS was nearly identical to the strain in humans

Daily Mail  

As infectious disease experts continue to probe the true origin of the Covid pandemic, new research is making a case for pangolins as the middlemen between the original animal host and humans. The research team found the strain of coronavirus harbored in the rare animal was nearly identical to the one that has pummeled humans, leading them to theorize that …

With climate change, tackling new disease scenarios
1 year, 3 months ago

With climate change, tackling new disease scenarios

The Hindu  

In its latest report released this March, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivers a stark warning: climate change heightens the global risk of infectious diseases. Climate change, more infections Habitat loss forces disease-carrying animals to encroach upon human territory, increasing the risk of human-animal interaction and the transfer of pathogens from wildlife to humans. Mitigating the spread of climate …

WHO, Believes Disease X Could Create A Pandemic Like Situation, All You Need To Know
1 year, 7 months ago

WHO, Believes Disease X Could Create A Pandemic Like Situation, All You Need To Know

News 18  

As the world gradually returns to a sense of normalcy following the unprecedented challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the scientific and public health communities remain steadfast in their preparations for future outbreaks and pandemics. As the global community reflects on the challenges and lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic, the pursuit of knowledge and preventive measures against future outbreaks …

Man Vs Virus: How scientists are preparing for future pandemics in a Mexican jungle
1 year, 9 months ago

Man Vs Virus: How scientists are preparing for future pandemics in a Mexican jungle

Firstpost  

Scientists collect samples of various animals from the Yucatan jungle in Mexico as part of an investigation aimed at preventing the next potential pandemic. At dusk, it is the turn of bats and even owls Tzucacab: As night fell in Mexico’s Yucatan jungle, veterinarian Omar Garcia extracted blood and fluids from a bat as part of an investigation aimed at …

Explained | A boost to the zoonoses theory regarding the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | A boost to the zoonoses theory regarding the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus

The Hindu  

The story so far: In the never-ending debate about the origin of the virus that set off the COVID-19 pandemic, there is now fresh grist for the mill for those who have held out for the zoonotic angle — that the infection skipped from animals to humans. Undisclosed genetic data from a food market in Wuhan has been unearthed and …

What does the science say about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic?
1 year, 10 months ago

What does the science say about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic?

NPR  

What does the science say about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic? Enlarge this image toggle caption Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images Since the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic began three years ago, its origin has been a topic of much scientific — and political — debate. Enlarge this image toggle caption Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images Noel …

America is 'fundamentally unprepared' for zoonotic diseases
1 year, 10 months ago

America is 'fundamentally unprepared' for zoonotic diseases

Daily Mail  

With the US teetering on the brink of nuclear war with Russia and gloomy warnings about climate change, many believe these events could end the human race. In an editorial published today, they claimed America is 'fundamentally unprepared', despite the Covid pandemic being so fresh in people's minds, as well as the recent bird flu and Marburg virus outbreak scares. …

First Marburg virus outbreak confirmed in Equatorial Guinea, WHO says
1 year, 10 months ago

First Marburg virus outbreak confirmed in Equatorial Guinea, WHO says

The Independent  

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Nine viruses the World Health Organisation is concerned about
1 year, 10 months ago

Nine viruses the World Health Organisation is concerned about

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever An endemic disease frequently found in …

Bird flu outbreak in US could turn into new pandemic: Report
1 year, 11 months ago

Bird flu outbreak in US could turn into new pandemic: Report

India Today  

A deadly avian flu killed over 50 million birds in the United States in 2020. The bird flu caused by the H5N1 avian influenza virus mostly affected birds on poultry farms in the US. READ | Avian flu outbreak wipes out over 50 million US birds, a record Similarly, in October last year, a large outbreak occurred on a mink …

WHO Says Covid-19 Remains 'Global Health Emergency'
1 year, 11 months ago

WHO Says Covid-19 Remains 'Global Health Emergency'

News 18  

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to be a “global health emergency” and the deadly virus will remain a “permanently established pathogen” in humans and animals for the foreseeable future, according to the World Health Organisation. “Three years ago today, I declared a public health emergency of international concern over the global spread of COVID-19 – the highest level of alarm under …

WHO: COVID still an emergency but nearing ‘inflection’ point
1 year, 11 months ago

WHO: COVID still an emergency but nearing ‘inflection’ point

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The coronavirus remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Monday, after a key advisory panel found the pandemic may be nearing an “inflexion point” where higher levels of immunity can lower virus-related deaths. Speaking at the opening of WHO’s annual executive board meeting, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “there is no doubt that …

COVID is still a global emergency but may be nearing an ‘inflection point,’ WHO says
1 year, 11 months ago

COVID is still a global emergency but may be nearing an ‘inflection point,’ WHO says

LA Times  

COVID-19 remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization’s chief said Monday, after a key advisory panel found that the pandemic may be nearing an “inflection point” where higher levels of immunity can lower coronavirus-related deaths. Speaking at the opening of the WHO’s annual executive board meeting, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that “there is no doubt that we’re …

Lessons From COVID: What The World Needs to Learn to Tackle Future Pandemics
1 year, 11 months ago

Lessons From COVID: What The World Needs to Learn to Tackle Future Pandemics

The Quint  

The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics Getty Images Imagine it is 2030. An upgraded pandemic response to eliminate at source The process by which the WHO currently decides whether to declare a public health emergency of international concern has drawn criticism for being too slow. Elimination makes sense for other …

WHO ranks world’s worst pathogens at risk of sparking pandemics
2 years, 1 month ago

WHO ranks world’s worst pathogens at risk of sparking pandemics

The Independent  

The World Health Organization said on Monday that it is developing a new priority list of pathogens with the potential to spark global pandemics or outbreaks. “To support this effort the R&D Blueprint will convene 20-25 viral family groups of experts to independently review the science and to shortlist viruses of concern,” the WHO said in a statement. “Targeting priority …

Report authored by disgraced Peter Daszak says animal to human transmission was most likely scenario
2 years, 2 months ago

Report authored by disgraced Peter Daszak says animal to human transmission was most likely scenario

Daily Mail  

A report co-authored by disgraced scientist Dr Peter Daszak has claimed there is ‘no evidence’ Covid was created in a laboratory. A leaked email from 2020 showed Dr Daszak seeming to express gratitude to Dr Fauci for downplaying the theory that the Covid-19 was created in a lab in Wuhan, China Dr Daszak is considered a potential orchestrator of the …

Bat coronaviruses silently infect tens of thousands of people each year, posing pandemic risk, study warns
2 years, 4 months ago

Bat coronaviruses silently infect tens of thousands of people each year, posing pandemic risk, study warns

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy There may be an average of over 65,000 cases of bat coronaviruses silently infecting people …

Will monkeypox become a pandemic?
2 years, 5 months ago

Will monkeypox become a pandemic?

Slate  

This story originally appeared on OpenMind, a digital magazine tackling science controversies and deceptions. But the Black Death, uniquely virulent and transmissible, burned across Europe, eastern and central Asia, the Muslim world, North Africa, and Russia for seven years. Ebola, a deadly virus spread by exposure to blood and other bodily fluids, isn’t a pandemic threat because it doesn’t have …

China: Animal market in Wuhan was epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic, says new study
2 years, 5 months ago

China: Animal market in Wuhan was epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic, says new study

Firstpost  

The investigation required neighborhood-level study within Wuhan to be more certain the virus was ‘zoonotic’ – that it jumped from animals to people Washington: An animal market in China’s Wuhan really was the epicenter of the Covid pandemic, according to a pair of new studies in the journal Science published Tuesday that claimed to have tipped the balance in the …

Monkeypox: World Health Organisation declares global heath emergency
2 years, 5 months ago

Monkeypox: World Health Organisation declares global heath emergency

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries has been declared …

Monkeypox current outbreak is unusual, warns WHO. 10 points
2 years, 6 months ago

Monkeypox current outbreak is unusual, warns WHO. 10 points

Live Mint  

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that he was deeply concerned about Monkeypox but stated that the outbreak is not yet a global health emergency. Many aspects of the current multi-country outbreak are unusual, such as the occurrence of cases in countries where monkeypox virus circulation had not been previously documented, and the fact that the vast majority of cases …

Pandemic’s origins obscured by lack of Chinese data: WHO panel
2 years, 6 months ago

Pandemic’s origins obscured by lack of Chinese data: WHO panel

Live Mint  

The World Health Organization said on Thursday its latest investigation into the origins of COVID-19 was inconclusive, largely because data from China is missing, another blow to its years-long effort to determine how the pandemic began. The report from the WHO expert panel said all available data showed the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 probably came from animals, likely bats, …

Pathogens Jumping to Humans from Animals Becoming More Frequent, Warns WHO
2 years, 7 months ago

Pathogens Jumping to Humans from Animals Becoming More Frequent, Warns WHO

News 18  

Outbreaks of endemic diseases such as monkeypox and lassa fever are becoming more persistent and frequent, the World Health Organization’s emergency director, Mike Ryan, warned on Wednesday. As climate change contributes to rapidly changing weather conditions like drought, animals, and humans are changing their behavior, including food-seeking habits. As a result of this "ecologic fragility", pathogens that typically circulate in …

Monkeypox has likely spread undetected ‘for some time’: WHO
2 years, 7 months ago

Monkeypox has likely spread undetected ‘for some time’: WHO

Al Jazeera  

The appearance of hundreds of monkeypox cases in several parts of the world suggests there may have been undetected transmission, says the head of the United Nations health agency. The World Health Organization has said that hundreds of monkeypox cases have surfaced beyond the African countries where the disease is typically found, warning that the virus has likely been spreading …

Here’s why scientists aren’t ‘crazy scared’ about monkeypox
2 years, 7 months ago

Here’s why scientists aren’t ‘crazy scared’ about monkeypox

LA Times  

The monkeypox outbreak has captured the attention of an anxious public that’s struggling to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and is on high alert for the next virus that might upend our lives. “We don’t have to get crazy scared.” Unlike the situation two years ago with the then-novel coronavirus, scientists are already familiar with this virus. Cases have been …

Monkeypox outbreak: Bizarre theory accusing US of creating virus in lab goes viral on Chinese social media
2 years, 7 months ago

Monkeypox outbreak: Bizarre theory accusing US of creating virus in lab goes viral on Chinese social media

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A baseless conspiracy theory …

Is monkeypox becoming Covid-19-like pandemic? Top US health expert explains
2 years, 7 months ago

Is monkeypox becoming Covid-19-like pandemic? Top US health expert explains

Hindustan Times  

Even as the United States is preparing to give monkeypox vaccines to close contacts of people infected and to deploy treatments, a top US health expert said it is unlikely that monkeypox would cause a Covid-19-like pandemic in the world. Vice-president and chief quality officer at the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health Dr Faheem Younus said while monkeypox cases …

Africa contained monkeypox outbreaks during COVID – Africa CDC
2 years, 7 months ago

Africa contained monkeypox outbreaks during COVID – Africa CDC

Al Jazeera  

A handful of cases of the virus have now been reported or are suspected in the UK, US, Portugal and Spain. Several outbreaks of monkeypox in Africa have been contained during the COVID pandemic while the world’s attention was elsewhere, and outbreaks in Europe and the United States are a concern, it’s top public health agency has said. In a …

Hotter Climate Could Cause Spread of Thousands of Viruses from Animals to Humans, Study Predicts
2 years, 8 months ago

Hotter Climate Could Cause Spread of Thousands of Viruses from Animals to Humans, Study Predicts

News 18  

The world has seen how the novel coronavirus that jumped into humans wreaked an unprecedented havoc across countries in the last two years. Now, a new modelling study has estimated how the ongoing climate change could further raise the risk of such infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans in the coming years, especially in Southeast Asia. “We need to …

2 bird flu cases confirmed in US zoos as virus spreads
2 years, 8 months ago

2 bird flu cases confirmed in US zoos as virus spreads

Associated Press  

— Two cases of bird flu have been confirmed in U.S. zoos, but officials said they won’t order widespread euthanasia of zoo birds the way they have on farms. Stepien said zoos work with state veterinary officials when the virus is found, but unlike farms, zoos are generally allowed to isolate and treat an infected bird as long as they …

COVID-19: The endless search for the origins of the virus
2 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19: The endless search for the origins of the virus

Al Jazeera  

Two years after a pandemic was declared, scientists continue to debate how the coronavirus behind COVID-19 came to infect humans. “It isn’t fantastical to say there’s a cover-up.” For Chan and all those who argue that the SARS-CoV-2 virus could have originated from a lab, so long as an intermediary animal host that had passed the virus from bats to …

Scientists detect novel coronavirus in wild leopard cub in India
2 years, 11 months ago

Scientists detect novel coronavirus in wild leopard cub in India

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Veterinary scientists in India have …

Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID’s animal origins
3 years ago

Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID’s animal origins

Associated Press  

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery. “The lab-leak scenario gets a lot of attention, you know, on places like Twitter,” but “there’s no evidence that this virus was in a lab,” said University of Utah scientist Stephen Goldstein, who with 20 others wrote an article in the …

Column: A new research paper adds to the evidence that COVID-19 came from animals, not a Chinese lab
3 years, 1 month ago

Column: A new research paper adds to the evidence that COVID-19 came from animals, not a Chinese lab

LA Times  

Medical staff help a patient walk into the hospital in Wuhan, China, in January 2020 as the pandemic was beginning. A new peer-reviewed research paper points to the likelihood that the COVID-19 pandemic originated at a seafood and wildlife market in Wuhan, China, rather than from a Chinese laboratory studying bat viruses. Worobey’s finding that the earliest identified COVID-19 cases …

Scientists find 18 more viruses from China's wet markets
3 years, 1 month ago

Scientists find 18 more viruses from China's wet markets

India TV News  

Highlights The origins of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has been linked with a seafood market in Wuhan The first cases of SARS-CoV-2 likely emerged from animal to human transmission at Wuhan's wet market An international team of scientists has identified 18 mammalian viruses, which pose high risk to humans and domestic animals, from China's infamous wet markets. China has maintained …

China's wildlife is a pandemic waiting to happen,' study finds
3 years, 1 month ago

China's wildlife is a pandemic waiting to happen,' study finds

Deccan Chronicle  

Wildlife species sold in wet markets in China were linked to the emergence of SARS and Covid-19. A study of more than a dozen species of game animals traded, sold and commonly consumed as exotic food in China identified 71 mammalian viruses, including 18 deemed “potentially high-risk” to people and domestic animals. “This study highlights exactly why the wildlife trade …

Eight big cats test Covid-19 positive in US zoo: Report
3 years, 1 month ago

Eight big cats test Covid-19 positive in US zoo: Report

Hindustan Times  

Days after a pet dog in the UK tested positive for Covid-19, now eight big cats in a zoo in the United States detected positive for coronavirus. Citing St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Hill reported that the infected cats include two African lions, two snow leopards, an Amur tiger, a puma, and two jaguars. Apart from them, none of the other …

Christmases for next five years could be hampered by Covid, expert warns
3 years, 1 month ago

Christmases for next five years could be hampered by Covid, expert warns

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. When asked if he thought enough was being done to avoid lockdowns and allow …

The Race Is On to Develop a Vaccine Against Every Coronavirus
3 years, 2 months ago

The Race Is On to Develop a Vaccine Against Every Coronavirus

Wired  

On October 21, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave most of the US population permission to get a Covid vaccine booster—a shot in such high demand that 10 million people somehow obtained it in advance of that approval in an effort to feel a little safer. In a fistful of papers and preprints published in the past six …

The Latest: SKorea sees biggest daily virus jump in 6 months
3 years, 6 months ago

The Latest: SKorea sees biggest daily virus jump in 6 months

Associated Press  

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea has reported 826 new cases of the coronavirus, its biggest daily jump in about six months, as fears grow about another huge wave of the virus in the greater capital area. ___ MORE ON THE PANDEMIC — Britain registers nearly 28,000 daily cases, highest since January — Turkey lifts most pandemic restrictions as new …

Wild Recovery: Protecting nature and preventing the next pandemic
3 years, 8 months ago

Wild Recovery: Protecting nature and preventing the next pandemic

Al Jazeera  

earthrise looks at protecting wildlife and preventing pandemics through the stories of two endangered mammals which have been investigated for links to COVID-19. In southern India, locals are safeguarding the only remaining home of one critically endangered bat. And disease ecologist, Jonathan Epstein, explains how our encroachment on nature is making another outbreak “almost guaranteed”. With films made by Untamed …

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