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Prevention at the source in the news

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How to stop the next pandemic? Stop deforestation

TED

Jul 2023

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Why areca nut plantations are driving 'monkey fever'

BBC Future

Thur Mar 16 2023

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How Forest Loss Can Unleash the Next Pandemic

ProPublica

Thur Mar 16 2023

Image credit: Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica

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On the edge

ProPublica

Mon Feb 27 2023

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An Even Deadlier Pandemic Could Soon Be Here

The New York Times

Fri Feb 3 2023

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3 things the world is doing to prepare for the next pandemic

World Economic Forum

Mon Jan 30 2023

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Why hungry bats could start the next pandemic

The Telegraph

Wed Nov 23 2022

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One Health Approach Can Prevent the Next Pandemic

The World Bank

Mon Oct 24 2022

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Climate change may make pandemics like COVID-19 much more common

ABC News

Sat Sept 10 2022

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Get serious about ‘one health’

The Tribune India

Thurs July 28 2022

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Healthier ecosystems and food systems in East Asia and Pacific can reduce global pandemic risks

World Bank Blogs

Tues June 28 2022

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Monkeypox - a warning and what Bill Gates needs to know

The Express

Sat May 28 2022

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Monkeypox: End poaching and deforestation to tackle zoonotic diseases

Euronews

Thur May 26 2022

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The Revelator

Fri Apr 8 2022

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The New York Times

Sun Feb 27 2022

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Failure to prevent pandemics at source is ‘greatest folly’, say scientists

The Guardian

Fri Feb 4 2022

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Why protecting the planet is essential to preventing future pandemics

CNN Business

Mon 17 Jan 2022

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First known covid case was vendor at wuhan market, scientist says

New York Times

Thu 18 Nov 2021

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Preventing future pandemics starts with recognizing links between human and animal health

The Conversation

Wed 03 Nov 2021

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WHO unveils new 26-member panel to restart study of the pandemic’s origins

Science Insider

Wed 13 Oct 2021

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What will it take to save the planet? Embracing interdependence

The Hill

Thu 09 Sept 2021

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Address risky human activities now or face new pandemics, scientists warn

Mongabay

Tue 03 Aug 2021

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Harvard Launches international scientific task force to prevent pandemics at the source

Harvard Chan C-CHANGE

Thu 20 May 2021

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Coronavirus: do cry over spillovers

Science Rules! with Bill Nye

Tue 13 April 2021

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The huge hole in Biden's pandemic prevention plan

The Hill

Mon 05 April 2021

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Our destruction of wildlife habitats will trigger new pandemics, says new group

The Hill, US

Tue 9 Mar 2021

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‘The Last of Us’ Is Right. Our Warming Planet Is a Petri Dish.

The New York Times

Sun Apr 2 2023

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New Data Links Pandemic’s Origins to Raccoon Dogs at Wuhan Market

The New York Times

Thur Mar 16 2023

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Wanted: Evidence-based discourse on pandemic origins and prevention

The Hill

Sun Mar 12 2023

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Blind spots in biodefense

Science

Thur Feb 16 2023

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Global biodiversity deal is not pandemic proof

The Lancet Planetary Health

Thur Feb 2 2023

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‘Silent Spring’ still holds lessons for keeping the planet, and ourselves, healthy

Harvard Public Health

Tue Jan 24 2023

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Protecting Wildlife Key to Preventing the Next Big Pandemic

U.S. News

Tue Nov 22 2022

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After 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, translating One Health into action is urgent

The Lancet

Mon Oct 24 2022

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New World Bank pandemic fund must prioritize prevention

The Hill

Mon Sept 5 2022

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World Bank Bias Threatens Pandemic Breakthrough

Democracy Journal

Wed July 20 2022

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What’s the link between deforestation and public health/infectious diseases?

Dear Pandemic

Sat Jun 25 2022

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A day late and a dollar short on monkeypox

POLITICO

Thur May 26 2022

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The Guardian

Wed May 25 2022

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WWF report calls forests a vital public health solution

Mongabay

Thur Mar 10 2022

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Nature

Sun Feb 27 2022

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Floresta amazônica é fundamental para evitar novas pandemias, diz estudo

Valor Economico

Fri Feb 4 2022

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Preventing the next pandemic is vastly cheaper than reacting to it: Study

Mongabay

Fri Feb 4 2022

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Why stopping deforestation must be a priority for public health

The Hill

Sat 27 Nov 2021

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As COVID-19 recedes in US a new worry emerges: wildlife passing on the virus

The Guardian

Thu 11 Nov 2021

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How environmental damage can lead to new diseases

The Economist

Tue 19 Oct 2021

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Viruses don’t stop at our borders

Euractiv

Fri 07 Oct 2021

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As COVID-19 cases rise, global task force lays out how to avert future pandemics

Common Dreams

Wed 18 Aug 2021

 

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World leaders ‘ignoring’ role of destruction of nature in causing pandemics

The Guardian

Fri 04 June 2021

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The Best Way To prevent The next pandemic? Maybe saving tropical forests

WBUR

Thu 20 May 2021

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Why experts say tackling deforestation could be key to stopping future pandemics?

CBC Radio

Mon 12 April 2021

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One year later, we still have no plan to prevent the next pandemic

The New York Times

Tue 16 Mar 2021

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Calling COVID-19 a crisis of humanity's own making, coalition says healing 'broken relationship with nature' key to stopping next pandemic

Common Dreams, US

Tue 09 Mar 2021

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Why saving animals and nature is vital to stopping pandemics

Devex

Thur Mar 30 2023

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The Strongest Evidence Yet That an Animal Started the Pandemic

The Atlantic

Thur Mar 16 2023

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Seeding hope

ProPublica

Tue Mar 7 2023

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Be warned: the next deadly pandemic is not inevitable, but all the elements are in place

The Guardian

Wed Feb 8 2023

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Habitat loss and climate change increase the risk of new diseases

The Economist

Tue Jan 31 2023

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The High Price Of Holiday Turkeys Is A Reminder That Human And Animal Health Are Deeply Connected

Forbes

Wed Nov 23 2022

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Deforestation Brings Bat-Borne Virus Home to Roost

The New York Times

Wed Nov 16 2022

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Preventing and Preparing for Pandemics With Zoonotic Origins

Council on Foreign Relations

Fri Oct 21 2022

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It’s Time to Get Serious About Preventing Pandemics

Impakter

Thurs Aug 25 2022

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Environment, Part of One Health, Is Often Missing in Action

Impakter

Tues July 12 2022

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Africa's outbreak sentinels

Nature Medicine

Fri June 17 2022

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Local Leaders Unitedly Push For One Health Approach. Will G20 Leaders Tango?

Scoop

Fri June 3 2022

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Science Insider

Mon Feb 28 2022

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Pandemics Are Expensive. Preventing Them Is Cheap.

Huffpost

Fri Feb 4 2022

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One Health approach to prevent emergence of zoonotic pathogens

Borneo Bulletin

Thu Feb 3 2022

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The plague is more likely now thanks to climate change

GIZMODO

Fri 19 Nov 2021

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Worth a shot: speeding COVID-19 vaccines to conflict zones

POLITICO

Thu 11 Nov 2021

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Newly discovered bat viruses give hints to COVID-19 origins

New York Times

Thu 14 Oct 2021

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‘Spillover’ diseases are emerging faster than ever before—thanks to humans

National Geograpic

Thu 06 Oct 2021

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Protecting forests and changing agricultural practices are essential,
cost-effective actions to prevent pandemics

Harvard Chan C-CHANGE/Harvard Global Health Initiative

Wed 18 Aug 2021

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“One Health” and COVID-19, one year later

WWF

Mon 24 May 2021

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We have a chance to prevent pandemics — will we?

The Hill

Wed 19 May 2021

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How to stop a pandemic before it starts, illustrated

Politico

Fri 09 April 2021

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Inaction leaves world playing ‘Russian roulette’ with pandemics, say experts

The Guardian

Tue 9 Mar 2021

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The next pandemic: last week tonight with
John Oliver

HBO, US

Mon 15 Feb 2021

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