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All articles tagged: Other specified zoonotic bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified (A28.8)

Evalytics 13 November at 06.56 PM

Study: Animal-to-human diseases could kill 12 times as much by 2050

The article from Medical Xpress reports that zoonotic diseases, which are transmitted from animals to humans, could cause 12 times more deaths by 2050 than in 2020. This increase is linked to factors like climate change and deforestation. The study, excluding COVID-19, analyzed outbreaks from 1963 to 2019, showing a rise in both the frequency and severity of these diseases, underscoring the need f