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How deforestation helps deadly viruses jump from animals to humans

  • Written by Amy Y. Vittor, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Florida
How deforestation helps deadly viruses jump from animals to humansPangolins have been found with covonaviruses that are genetically similar to the one afflicting humans today.Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images

The coronavirus pandemic, suspected of originating in bats and pangolins, has brought the risk of viruses that jump from wildlife to humans into stark focus.

These leaps often happen at the edges of the...

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