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WEDNESDAY, May 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Despite what you may have heard, rats and other city wildlife aren't likely to trigger future pandemics in people, according to a new
Rats have been seen as filthy disease-spreaders since at least the time of the plague, but new research shows that rodents and other city-dwelling animals are less likely to cause the next pandemic than…
Urban dwellers don't host any more viruses that have the capability to infect humans than rural species, report scientists at Georgetown University, Washington DC.
It is 'extremely likely' that other animals tarred with the same brush as rats, such as pigeons, have also been judged too harshly
Climate change is forcing animal migrations at an unprecedented scale, bringing many previously disconnected species into close contact and dramatically raising the likelihood of viruses leaping into new hosts and sparking future pandemics. That’s according to a new study in the journal Nature, whic...