Zoonotic diseases: animal to human viruses are spreading

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The current outbreak of Ebola is just one recent example of a disease spilling over from animals to humans. Zoonotic diseases like this are not new. There are the cases of hantavirus on the Dutch cruise ship, as well as COVID-19 and Zika. To find out why they’re on the risem The World’s Host Marco Werman spoke with Anne Rimoin, who is a professor of epidemiology at UCLA.