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Disease Evolution: How New Illnesses Emerge When We Change How We Live

Fri, 2016-05-27 12:56 — davidmc

Humans have been “acquiring” infectious diseases from animals (zoonotic diseases) since we first started hunting wild game on the African savannahs. Indeed, nearly 60% of bugs that infect humans originated in animals.

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African Monkeys Caught Eating Bats For the First Time

Wed, 2016-05-25 12:32 — davidmc

Researchers working in Africa are the first to observe monkeys preying on bats. The unusual behavior, which may have something to do with loss of habitat, could explain how dangerous diseases such as Ebola spread among species—and eventually to humans.