Scientists, researchers, and medical professionals – all working in collaboration with one another – have recently discovered a total of six novel coronaviruses in bat in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar. While it is not unusual for research teams to discover new diseases in animals, this is an exceptionally frightening discovery because of the… Read More…
Posts from April, 2020
The Threat of Zoonotic Pandemics is Intensifying; Therefore, Our Efforts to Prevent or Stop Them Should Also Increase
A zoonotic disease is an illness that can be transmitted from animals directly to humans. Unfortunately, such a spillover is a potentially dangerous one. The novel coronavirus that was first identified in Wuhan, China that we now identify as “COVID-19” is an example of such a disease. Prior to this emergence – which is officially… Read More…