(NPR) U.N. Predicts Rise In Diseases That Jump From Animals To Humans

U.N. Predicts Rise In Diseases That Jump From Animals To Humans

A poultry vendor wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus prepares birds at a wet market in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in April.



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U.N. Predicts Rise In Diseases That Jump From Animals To Humans

Zoonotic pathogens, which include not only COVID-19, but HIV/AIDS and Ebola, have increasingly emerged due to stresses humans have placed on animal habitats, according to a new United Nations report.